Regular Expressions Keyword Replacements (RegEx)
- Lana Starchuk (Deactivated)
Regular Expressions is a patter matching tool that complements our Keyword Replacements feature. When creating a new keyword replacement, you can select whether you'd want to do a regular expression keyword replacement or standard keyword replacement that will be static.
Regular Expressions will help save time on creating multiple synonyms when a pattern is identified. For example, if a client types in .5 conduit, but really means .5 inch conduit, creating a regular expression synonym will handle this kind of case automatically. It will also handle .75 inch conduit, .25 inch conduit, etc. with only one keyword replacement rather than having to create multiple keyword replacements.
Creating a synonym like below will automatically replace xs, xxs, and xxxs with small during search. It will also work in cases like red xs shirt where the word that is to be replaced is in the middle of the search term:
The following tool can assist in building a regular expression pattern: RegExr: Learn, Build, & Test RegEx