Better Method For Search And Replace In String
Here is an example of the type of string I am trying to search and replace,
Generic text about *2nothing~ in particular. Just need to *5extract certain~ characters out of the text.
I need to search the string for "*", collect the number directly after the "*", then extract the text, and watch for the "~" character to denote the end of the text.
Then the information is sent to a new function i.e. new("2", "nothing")
The new function formats the data and returns it into the original string.
Currently I am just looping through the string and replacing as I go, but I imagine their is a better and more efficient way.
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