STRREP: Replacing Character Strings

How to:

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The STRREP replaces all instances of a specified string within a source string. It also supports replacement by null strings.

Syntax: How to Replace Character Strings

STRREP (inlength, instring, searchlength, searchstring, replength, repstring, outlength, output)

where:

inlength

Numeric

Is the number of characters in the source string.

instring

Alphanumeric

Is the source string.

searchlength

Numeric

Is the number of characters in the (shorter length) string to be replaced.

searchstring

Alphanumeric

Is the character string to be replaced.

replength

Numeric

Is the number of characters in the replacement string. Must be zero (0) or greater.

repstring

Alphanumeric

Is the replacement string (alphanumeric). Ignored if replength is zero (0).

outlength

Numeric

Is the number of characters in the resulting output string. Must be 1 or greater.

output

Alphanumeric

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