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Regex replace from a string ( smarty)

I'm trying to replace a string with empty space("") after a specific character(colon) ":"

example:2017 - Alpha Romeo United kingdom : New vehicle (by abc)

I want out put as "2017 - Alpha Romeo United kingdom"

Solution

  • You could do it using the following regex (using capturing group and positive lookahead) :

    input        >>  2017 - Alpha Romeo United kingdom : New vehicle (by abc)
regex search >>  (?=:):(.*)
replace with >>  " "
output       >>  2017 - Alpha Romeo United kingdom

    see demo / explanation

    smarty

    {
    assign
    var = "articleTitle"
    value = "2017 - Alpha Romeo United kingdom : New vehicle (by abc)"
} {
    $articleTitle | regex_replace: "/(?=:):(.*)/": " "
}