option to use regex with replace

src/class/SimpleDB.ts

@@ -1125,14 +1125,17 @@ 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.
      * @param columns - Either a string or an array of strings specifying the columns where string replacements will occur.
      * @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(

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`
             }