diff --git a/src/class/SimpleDB.ts b/src/class/SimpleDB.ts
index fec7c504..10aa8c14 100644
--- a/src/class/SimpleDB.ts
+++ b/src/class/SimpleDB.ts
@@ -1125,6 +1125,9 @@ export default class SimpleDB {
      *
      * // Replaces only if matching entire string.
      * await sdb.replaceStrings("tableA", "column1", {"kilograms": "kg", liters: "l" }, {entireString: true})
+     *
+     * // Replaces using a regular expression. Any sequence of one or more digits would be replaced by a hyphen.
+     * await sdb.replaceStrings("tableA", "column1", {"\d+": "-" }, {regex: true})
      * ```
      *
      * @param table - The name of the table in which strings will be replaced.
@@ -1132,7 +1135,7 @@ export default class SimpleDB {
      * @param strings - An object mapping old strings to new strings.
      * @param options - An optional object with configuration options:
      *   @param options.entireString - A boolean indicating whether the entire string must match for replacement. Defaults to false.
-     *
+     *   @param options.regex - A boolean indicating the use of regular expressions for a global replace. See the [RE2 docs](https://github.com/google/re2/wiki/Syntax) for the syntax. Defaults to false.
      * @category Updating data
      */
     async replaceStrings(
@@ -1141,9 +1144,16 @@ export default class SimpleDB {
         strings: { [key: string]: string },
         options: {
             entireString?: boolean
+            regex?: boolean
         } = {}
     ) {
         options.entireString = options.entireString ?? false
+        options.regex = options.regex ?? false
+        if (options.entireString === true && options.regex === true) {
+            throw new Error(
+                "You can't have entireString to true and regex to true at the same time. Pick one."
+            )
+        }
         await queryDB(
             this,
             replaceStringsQuery(
diff --git a/src/methods/replaceStringsQuery.ts b/src/methods/replaceStringsQuery.ts
index dc56ca5f..5e533bd6 100644
--- a/src/methods/replaceStringsQuery.ts
+++ b/src/methods/replaceStringsQuery.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ export default function replaceStringsQuery(
     columns: string[],
     oldTexts: string[],
     newTexts: string[],
-    options: { entireString?: boolean } = {}
+    options: { entireString?: boolean; regex?: boolean } = {}
 ) {
     let query = ""
 
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ export default function replaceStringsQuery(
                     WHEN "${column}" = '${oldTexts[i]}' THEN '${newTexts[i]}'
                     ELSE "${column}"
                 END;\n`
+            } else if (options.regex) {
+                query += `UPDATE ${table} SET "${column}" = REGEXP_REPLACE("${column}", '${oldTexts[i]}', '${newTexts[i]}', 'g');\n`
             } else {
                 query += `UPDATE ${table} SET "${column}" = REPLACE("${column}", '${oldTexts[i]}', '${newTexts[i]}');\n`
             }
diff --git a/test/unit/methods/replaceStrings.test.ts b/test/unit/methods/replaceStrings.test.ts
index 65cfd9e3..5f1542f6 100644
--- a/test/unit/methods/replaceStrings.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/methods/replaceStrings.test.ts
@@ -2990,4 +2990,429 @@ describe("replaceString", () => {
             },
         ])
     })
+    it("should use a regular expression", async () => {
+        await simpleNodeDB.loadData("employeesMultipleColumnsRegex", [
+            "test/data/files/employees.csv",
+        ])
+
+        await simpleNodeDB.replaceStrings(
+            "employeesMultipleColumnsRegex",
+            "Hire date",
+            { "\\d+": "-" },
+            { regex: true }
+        )
+
+        const data = await simpleNodeDB.getData("employeesMultipleColumnsRegex")
+
+        assert.deepStrictEqual(data, [
+            {
+                Name: "OConnell, Donald",
+                "Hire date": "--JUN--",
+                Job: "Clerk",
+                Salary: "2600",
+                "Department or unit": "50",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "1,94%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "OConnell, Donald",
+                "Hire date": "--JUN--",
+                Job: "Clerk",
+                Salary: "2600",
+                "Department or unit": "50",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "1,94%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Grant, Douglas",
+                "Hire date": "--JAN--",
+                Job: "Clerk",
+                Salary: "NaN",
+                "Department or unit": "50",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "23,39%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: null,
+                "Hire date": "--SEP--",
+                Job: "Assistant",
+                Salary: "4400",
+                "Department or unit": "10",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "17,51%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Hartstein, Michael",
+                "Hire date": "--FEB--",
+                Job: "Manager",
+                Salary: "13000",
+                "Department or unit": "20",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "2,71%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Fay, Pat",
+                "Hire date": "--AUG--",
+                Job: "Representative",
+                Salary: "6000",
+                "Department or unit": "20",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "18,68%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Mavris, Susan",
+                "Hire date": "--JUN--",
+                Job: "Salesperson",
+                Salary: "6500",
+                "Department or unit": "40",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "23,47%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "NaN",
+                "Hire date": "--JUN--",
+                Job: "Salesperson",
+                Salary: "10000",
+                "Department or unit": "xyz",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "17,63%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Higgins, Shelley",
+                "Hire date": "--JUN--",
+                Job: "Manager",
+                Salary: "12008",
+                "Department or unit": "110",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "17,09%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "null",
+                "Hire date": "--JUN--",
+                Job: "Accountant",
+                Salary: "8300",
+                "Department or unit": "110",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "15,7%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "King, Steven",
+                "Hire date": null,
+                Job: "President",
+                Salary: "24000",
+                "Department or unit": "90",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "2,46%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Kochhar, Neena",
+                "Hire date": "--SEP--",
+                Job: "Vice-president",
+                Salary: "&6%",
+                "Department or unit": "90",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "11,6%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "De Haan, Lex",
+                "Hire date": "null",
+                Job: "Vice-president",
+                Salary: "17000",
+                "Department or unit": "90",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "23,43%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Hunold, Alexander",
+                "Hire date": "--JAN--",
+                Job: "Programmer",
+                Salary: "9000",
+                "Department or unit": "60",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "23,01%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Ernst, Bruce",
+                "Hire date": "--MAY--",
+                Job: "Programmer",
+                Salary: "6000",
+                "Department or unit": "60",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "25,91%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Austin, David",
+                "Hire date": "NaN",
+                Job: "Programmer",
+                Salary: "4800",
+                "Department or unit": "null",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "6,89%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Pataballa, Valli",
+                "Hire date": "abc",
+                Job: "Programmer",
+                Salary: null,
+                "Department or unit": "60",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "1,62%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Lorentz, Diana",
+                "Hire date": "--ARB--",
+                Job: "Programmer",
+                Salary: "4200",
+                "Department or unit": "60",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "13,17%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Greenberg, Nancy",
+                "Hire date": "--AUG--",
+                Job: "Manager",
+                Salary: "12008",
+                "Department or unit": "100",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "74,69%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Faviet, Daniel",
+                "Hire date": "--AUG--",
+                Job: "Accountant",
+                Salary: "9000",
+                "Department or unit": "100",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "2,92%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Chen, John",
+                "Hire date": "--SEP--",
+                Job: "Accountant",
+                Salary: "8200",
+                "Department or unit": "100",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "9,31%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Sciarra, Ismael",
+                "Hire date": "--SEP--",
+                Job: "Accountant",
+                Salary: "7700",
+                "Department or unit": "100",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "13,18%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Urman, Jose Manuel",
+                "Hire date": "--MAR--",
+                Job: "Accountant",
+                Salary: "7800",
+                "Department or unit": "100",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "1,33%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Popp, Luis",
+                "Hire date": "--DEC--",
+                Job: "Accountant",
+                Salary: "6900",
+                "Department or unit": "100",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "2,98%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Raphaely, Den",
+                "Hire date": "--DEC--",
+                Job: "Manager",
+                Salary: "11000",
+                "Department or unit": "30",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "3,35%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Khoo, Alexander",
+                "Hire date": "--MAY--",
+                Job: "Clerk",
+                Salary: "3100",
+                "Department or unit": "30",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "19,81%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Baida, Shelli",
+                "Hire date": "--DEC--",
+                Job: "Clerk",
+                Salary: "2900",
+                "Department or unit": "30",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "11,06%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Tobias, Sigal",
+                "Hire date": "--JUL--",
+                Job: "NaN",
+                Salary: "2800",
+                "Department or unit": null,
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "undefined",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Himuro, Guy",
+                "Hire date": "--NOV--",
+                Job: "Clerk",
+                Salary: "2600",
+                "Department or unit": "30",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "25,98%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Colmenares, Karen",
+                "Hire date": "--AUG--",
+                Job: "Clerk",
+                Salary: "2500",
+                "Department or unit": "30",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "15,8%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Weiss, Matthew",
+                "Hire date": "--JUL--",
+                Job: "Manager",
+                Salary: "8000",
+                "Department or unit": "50",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "25,17%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Fripp, Adam",
+                "Hire date": "--APR--",
+                Job: "Manager",
+                Salary: "8200",
+                "Department or unit": "50",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "21%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Kaufling, Payam",
+                "Hire date": "--MAY--",
+                Job: "Manager",
+                Salary: "7900",
+                "Department or unit": "undefined",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "21,33%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Vollman, Shanta",
+                "Hire date": "--OCT--",
+                Job: "null",
+                Salary: "6500",
+                "Department or unit": "50",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "3,45%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Mourgos, Kevin",
+                "Hire date": "undefined",
+                Job: "Manager",
+                Salary: "5800",
+                "Department or unit": "50",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "19,07%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Nayer, Julia",
+                "Hire date": "--JUL--",
+                Job: "Clerk",
+                Salary: "3200",
+                "Department or unit": "50",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "18,7%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Mikkilineni, Irene",
+                "Hire date": "--SEP--",
+                Job: "Clerk",
+                Salary: "2700",
+                "Department or unit": "50",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "11,82%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Landry, James",
+                "Hire date": "--JAN--",
+                Job: "Clerk",
+                Salary: "2400",
+                "Department or unit": "50",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "NaN",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Markle, Steven",
+                "Hire date": "NaN",
+                Job: "Clerk",
+                Salary: "2200",
+                "Department or unit": "50",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "11,26%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Bissot, Laura",
+                "Hire date": "--AUG--",
+                Job: "undefined",
+                Salary: "3300",
+                "Department or unit": "50",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "4,53%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Atkinson, Mozhe",
+                "Hire date": "--OCT--",
+                Job: "Clerk",
+                Salary: "undefined",
+                "Department or unit": "50",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "9,61%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Marlow, James",
+                "Hire date": "--FEB--",
+                Job: "Clerk",
+                Salary: "2500",
+                "Department or unit": "50",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "15,74%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Olson, TJ",
+                "Hire date": "--APR--",
+                Job: "Clerk",
+                Salary: "2100",
+                "Department or unit": "null",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "22,3%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "undefined",
+                "Hire date": "--JUN--",
+                Job: "Clerk",
+                Salary: "3300",
+                "Department or unit": "50",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "18,54%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Rogers, Michael",
+                "Hire date": "--AUG--",
+                Job: "Clerk",
+                Salary: "2900",
+                "Department or unit": "50",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "null",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Gee, Ki",
+                "Hire date": "--DEC--",
+                Job: "NaN",
+                Salary: "2400",
+                "Department or unit": "50",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "12,64%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Philtanker, Hazel",
+                "Hire date": "--FEB--",
+                Job: "Clerk",
+                Salary: "2200",
+                "Department or unit": "NaN",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "24,17%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Ladwig, Renske",
+                "Hire date": "--JUL--",
+                Job: null,
+                Salary: "3600",
+                "Department or unit": "50",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "17,86%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Stiles, Stephen",
+                "Hire date": "--OCT--",
+                Job: "Clerk",
+                Salary: "3200",
+                "Department or unit": "50",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": null,
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Seo, John",
+                "Hire date": "--FEB--",
+                Job: "Clerk",
+                Salary: "2700",
+                "Department or unit": "50",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "0,16%",
+            },
+            {
+                Name: "Patel, Joshua",
+                "Hire date": "--APR--",
+                Job: "Clerk",
+                Salary: "2500",
+                "Department or unit": "50",
+                "End-of_year-BONUS?": "16,19%",
+            },
+        ])
+    })
 })