I was just trying out str-utils2 when Stuart posted. Here's an example;

(require '[clojure.contrib.str-utils2 :as s])

(s/replace "hello Jung" #"hello (\S+)" #(str "hello, how are you "(% 1)))
"hello, how are you Jung"

Rgds, Adrian.

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Stuart Sierra
<the.stuart.sie...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Jung,
>
> Look at clojure.contrib.str-utils2/replace -- you can pass a function
> as the replacement parameter and make any substitutions you want.
>
> -SS
>
>
> On Sep 28, 6:51 pm, Jung Ko <koj...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Does anyone know how I can replace a string with back-reference? I'd
>> like something like this:
>>
>> (use clojure.contrib.str-utils)
>> (re-sub #"hello (\S+)" ", how are you \1?" "hello Jung")
>> => "hello, how are you Jung?"
>>
>> Basically I need the back reference \1 to evaluate to "Jung" in the
>> above case. Is there an easy way to do this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jung
> >
>

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