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*
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// TypeScript Version: 4.1

/**
* Replaces the substring before the first occurrence of a specified search string.
*
* @param str - input string
* @param search - search string
* @param replacement - replacement string
* @returns output string
*
* @example
* var out = replaceBefore( 'beep boop', ' ', 'foo' );
* // returns 'foo boop'
*
* @example
* var out = replaceBefore( 'beep boop', 'p', 'foo' );
* // returns 'foop boop'
*
* @example
* var out = replaceBefore( 'Hello World!', '', 'foo' );
* // returns 'Hello world!'
*
* @example
* var out = replaceBefore( 'Hello World!', 'xyz', 'foo' );
* // returns 'Hello World!'
*/
declare function replaceBefore( str: string,  search: string, replacement: string ): string;


// EXPORTS //

export = replaceBefore;
