CHRTRAN()

Purpose

Function to search for and replace text within a character string or memo field

Syntax

CHRTRAN(<expC1> | <memofield>, <expC2> [, <expC3> [, <expN1> [, <expN2>]]])

See Also

AT(), ATNEXT(), MTOS(), RAT(), SET STRESCAPE, STR(), STREXTRACT(), STRTRAN(), STRZERO(), STUFF(), SUBSTR(), TRIM()

Description

The CHRTRAN() function will search <expC1> or <memofield> and replace text within <expC1> or <memofield> with <expC3> wherever the occurrence of <expC2> is found. If <expC3> is not specified, instances of the text in <expC2> are removed. The optional <expN1> specifies the start position for the search in <expC1>. If this is not specified then the default is 1. The optional <expN2> specifies the number of occurrences of <expC2> to replace with <expC3>. If this is not specified, then all occurrences starting from <expN1> are replaced. This function can be used to remove blank spaces in character strings. The CHRTRAN() function returns a character expression that contains the result of the string translation.

The CHRTRAN() function is synonymous with the STRTRAN() function.

Example

? chrtran("Hello World", "ello", "i")
Hi World

Products

Recital Server, Recital