The Replace function replaces a specified part of a string with a specific string, a specified number of times.
Syntax
Replace(string,find,replacewith[,start[,count[,compare]]])
Parameter Description
- String − A required parameter. The Input String which is to be searched for replacing.
- Find − A required parameter. The part of the string that will be replaced.
- Replacewith − A required parameter. The replacement string, which would be replaced against the find parameter.
- Start − An optional parameter. Specifies the start position from where the string has to be searched and replaced. Default value is 1.
- Count − An optional parameter. Specifies the number of times the replacement has to be performed.
- Compare − An optional parameter. Specifies the comparison method to be used. Default value is 0.
- 0 = vbBinaryCompare – Performs a binary comparison
- 1 = vbTextCompare – Performs a Textual comparison
Example
Private Sub Constant_demo_Click()
Dim var as Variant
var = "This is VBScript Programming"
'VBScript to be replaced by MS VBScript
msgbox("Line 1: " & Replace(var,"VBScript","MS VBScript"))
'VB to be replaced by vb
msgbox("Line 2: " & Replace(var,"VB","vb"))
''is' replaced by ##
msgbox("Line 3: " & Replace(var,"is","##"))
''is' replaced by ## ignores the characters before the first occurence
msgbox("Line 4: " & Replace(var,"is","##",5))
''s' is replaced by ## for the next 2 occurences.
msgbox("Line 5: " & Replace(var,"s","##",1,2))
''r' is replaced by ## for all occurences textual comparison.
msgbox("Line 6: " & Replace(var,"r","##",1,-1,1))
''t' is replaced by ## for all occurences Binary comparison
msgbox("Line 7: " & Replace(var,"t","##",1,-1,0))
End Sub
When you execute the above function, it produces the following output.
Line 1: This is MS VBScript Programming Line 2: This is vbScript Programming Line 3: Th## ## VBScript Programming Line 4: ## VBScript Programming Line 5: Thi## i## VBScript Programming Line 6: This is VBSc##ipt P##og##amming Line 7: This is VBScrip## Programming
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