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BLOB.POKEC Function

Syntax

N pokec(N position,C String)

Arguments

position: The position to write the data.
String: The character string to be written.

Description

Set the value of a substring to the blob.

Discussion

The .POKEC() method sets characters in a blob starting at specified Position to the Input_String. The first position is 1. The .POKEC() method does not change the size of the blob. Use the <BLOB>.RESIZE() method to change the size of a blob.

Example

This example overwrites the first 3 character positions in the blob.

dim b2 as B
b2 = "fred"
? b2
= fred
b2.pokec(1,"tom")
? b2
= tomd

Here is an example of code that dumps out all the bytes in a blob to the Trace window:

dim shared blob as b
' Write all the bytes to the trace window
for i = 1 to blob.size()
   trace.writeln(blob.peek(i))
next i