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ReplLeft()

Replaces a specified character on the left side of a string.

Syntax

ReplLeft( <cString> , ;
          <xReplace>, ;
         [<xSearch>]  ) --> cResult

Arguments

<cString>

This is the character string to replace characters on the left side.

<xReplace>

This is a single character or its numeric ASCII code that replaces <xSearch> on the left side of <cString>.

<xSearch>

A single character or its numeric ASCII code can be passed. This character is replaced by <xReplace>. The default value is a space character (Chr(32)).

Return

The function replaces characters specified with <xSearch> at the beginning of <cString> with <xReplace> and returns the modified string.

Info

See also:	ReplAll(), ReplRight(), StrTran()
Category:	CT:String manipulation , Character functions
Source:	ct\replace.c
LIB:	xhb.lib
DLL:	xhbdll.dll

Example

// The example displays results of ReplLeft()

   PROCEDURE Main
      LOCAL cStr1 := "  xHarbour  "
      LOCAL cStr2 := "00012345,000"

      ? ">"+ReplLeft( cStr1, "_" )+"<"        // result: >__xHarbour  <

      ? ">"+ReplLeft( cStr2, "x", "0" )+"<"   // result: >xxx12345,000<
   RETURN