diff --git a/examples/methods.ion b/examples/methods.ion
index 00f9df4d3744fb1263b9ab8d88ccd14c4dc6b300..5c937fa6e5b00e3ee5888529a3f84ec82ad5d5d8 100644
--- a/examples/methods.ion
+++ b/examples/methods.ion
@@ -40,3 +40,5 @@ echo $join(array, "\n")
let a = [1 2 3 4 5]
let a = "1 2 3 4 5"
echo $join(@split(a, " "), $join(a, " "))
+
+echo $regex_replace("one two onemy anemy town", "\ o|\ a" "\ e")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/methods.out b/examples/methods.out
index dfb76765f445719d9b3da9a6149aebf4fc388068..823c03d7200849df2d02899a2a0de94656d265df 100644
--- a/examples/methods.out
+++ b/examples/methods.out
@@ -66,3 +66,4 @@ one two three
apple
sauce
11 2 3 4 521 2 3 4 531 2 3 4 541 2 3 4 55
+one two enemy enemy town
diff --git a/src/parser/shell_expand/words/methods/strings.rs b/src/parser/shell_expand/words/methods/strings.rs
index 7f819677b99a65272fad2c9513a8b4fe0f56b794..4b7ba4432f2765c85b843a699fd2a4afd67ea7f3 100644
--- a/src/parser/shell_expand/words/methods/strings.rs
+++ b/src/parser/shell_expand/words/methods/strings.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use super::super::Select;
use super::super::super::{expand_string, Expander, is_expression, slice};
use parser::assignments::is_array;
use shell::plugins::methods::{self, MethodArguments, StringMethodPlugins};
+use regex::Regex;
use std::path::Path;
use sys;
use unicode_segmentation::UnicodeSegmentation;
@@ -118,6 +119,22 @@ impl<'a> StringMethod<'a> {
_ => eprintln!("ion: replacen: three arguments required")
}
}
+ "regex_replace" => {
+ let mut args = pattern.array();
+ match (args.next(),args.next()) {
+ (Some(replace),Some(with)) => {
+ match Regex::new(&replace){
+ Ok(re) => {
+ let inp = &get_var!();
+ let res = re.replace_all(&inp,&with[..]);
+ output.push_str(&res);
+ }
+ Err(_) => eprintln!("ion: regex_replace: error in regular expression {}",&replace)
+ }
+ }
+ _ => eprintln!("ion: regex_replace: two arguments required")
+ }
+ }
"join" => {
let pattern = pattern.join(" ");
if let Some(array) = expand.array(variable, Select::All) {