*WORD_REPLACE Function

Syntax

New_String as C = *WORD_REPLACE(text as c,insert as c,word as n,separator as c[,nwords as n])

Arguments

New_String: The string containing the replacement(s).
text: The starting string.
insert: The text to insert.
word: The number of the first word to replace. Numeric
separator: The word separator character(s).
nwords: Optional. Default = 1. The number of words to replace. Numeric

Description

Replace word(s) of text at word position (1 word replaced if ommitted).

Discussion

The *WORD_REPLACE() function replaces one or more words in a list.

Example

? *word_replace("one two three four","THREE!!",3," ")
= "one two THREE!! four"
? *word_replace("one two three four","TWO AND THREE",2," ",2)
= "one TWO AND THREE four"