.. _auto_curves_find_and_replace_names:

*FIND AND REPLACE NAMES*
========================

Performs a find-and-replace operation on the names of all curves in a curve group, substituting every occurrence of a specified old name string with a new name string. Use this worker when you need to bulk-rename or standardise curve labels before downstream processing or reporting.

When to use
-----------

Classification: **process**.

Tagged: ``batch_rename``, ``curve_group``, ``curve_names``, ``find_and_replace``, ``rename``, ``transformations``.

Inputs
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   * - Label
     - ID
     - Type
     - Default
     - Required
     - Description
   * - Curve Group
     - curvegroup
     - vector
     - —
     - 
     - The curve group (one or more curves) whose names will be searched and replaced; supply a multi-curve vector — all curves whose name matches find_name will be renamed.
   * - Find Name
     - find_name
     - scalar
     - —
     - 
     - The exact existing curve-name string (or substring) to search for; every curve whose name contains this value will be targeted for renaming.
   * - Replace Name
     - replace_name
     - scalar
     - —
     - 
     - The new name string that replaces every match of find_name; leave blank only if you intentionally want to strip the matched portion from all curve names.

Outputs
-------

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   * - Label
     - ID
     - Type
     - Description
   * - curves_find_and_replace_names_output_1
     - curves_find_and_replace_names_output_1
     - vector
     - The updated curve group with all matching curve names replaced by the new name string; structure and data values of each curve are unchanged.

Disciplines
-----------

- data.curve.pair

Runnable example
----------------

A runnable example is registered for this worker. Open the example workflow on the d3VIEW canvas: `/api/workflow/example?id=curves_find_and_replace_names <https://www.d3view.com/api/workflow/example?id=curves_find_and_replace_names>`_

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