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RangeRepl()

Repleaces character(s) within a specified range of characters.

Syntax

RangeRepl( <cRangeStart>, ;
           <cRangeEnd>  , ;
           <cString>    , ;
           <cReplace>     ) --> cResult

Arguments

<cReplace>

This is a single character which replaces all characters within the specified range.

Return

The function replaces all characters with in the specified range with <cReplace> and returns the modified string.

Info

See also:	CharRepl(), PosRepl(), PosRange(), RangeRem()
Category:	CT:String manipulation , Character functions
Source:	ct\range.c
LIB:	xhb.lib
DLL:	xhbdll.dll

Example

// The example demonstrates results of RangeRepl()

   PROCEDURE Main
      LOCAL cString := "The xHarbour Compiler"

      // replace lower case characters from "o" to "z"
      ? RangeRepl( "o", "z", cString, "_" )
                          // result: The _Ha_b___ C_m_ile_

      // remove upper case characters from "A" to "Z"
      ? RangeRepl( "A", "Z", cString, "?" )
                          // result: ?he x?arbour ?ompiler
   RETURN