apoc.text.replace
FunctionDeprecated in Cypher 25

This function is deprecated. Use Cypher’s string.replace() function instead.

Details
Syntax	`apoc.text.replace(text, regex, replacement)`
Description	Finds and replaces all matches found by the given regular expression with the given replacement.
Arguments	Name	Type	Description
	`text`	`STRING`	The string to be modified.
	`regex`	`STRING`	The regular expression pattern to replace in the original string.
	`replacement`	`STRING`	The value to be inserted in the original string.
Returns	`STRING`

Usage Examples

The following returns the string with all matches of the regular expression replaced by the replacement string using both APOC and Cypher:

apoc.text.replace

RETURN apoc.text.replace('Hello World!', '[^a-zA-Z]', '') AS output;

Using Cypher’s string.regexReplace

RETURN string.regexReplace('Hello World!', '[^a-zA-Z]', '') AS output;

Results
output
"HelloWorld"

apoc.text.replace

RETURN apoc.text.replace('GDS is a Neo4j Product', 'GDS', 'Bloom') AS output;

Using Cypher’s string.regexReplace

RETURN string.regexReplace('GDS is a Neo4j Product', 'GDS', 'Bloom') AS output;

Results
output
"Bloom is a Neo4j Product"