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ReplaceCharacters() |
  
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ReplaceCharacters() |
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REPLACE(1,2,3,4)
PURPOSE
This function will return a string with certain characters replaced with others.
PARTS
| 1 f/c/e | Required - The string/alpha field to use. |
| 2 f/c/e | Required - The character(s) to replace. NOTE: The value will not be trimmed automatically. So, if there are extra spaces they will be used in the search. |
| 3 f/c/e | Required - The new character(s) to use in place of number 2 above. NOTE: The value will not be trimmed automatically. So, if there are extra spaces they will be used in the replacement process. |
| 4 f/c/e | If you want to ignore case then set this value to True, otherwise, the case of the characters will have to match that in option 2 above. |
RETURN TYPE - A
NOTE : If the receiving field is too short, the remaining characters will be truncated.
SEE ALSO
EXAMPLE
define tempStr type a size 19
tempstr = '0123-4567-890A-BCDE'
tempStr = replace(tempStr,'-',' ')
msg 'tempStr: '+tempStr
//The value displayed will be: 0123 4567 890A BCDE
//If you use fields instead of constants, and don't
//trim the extra spaces you could get something like this:
define s1,s2 type a size 5
s1 = '-'
s2 = ' '
tempstr = '0123-4567-890A-BCDE'
tempStr = replace(tempstr,trim(s1,'t'),s2)
//The value displayed will be: 0123 4567 8
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