Tech Tip: How to search and replace characters in a string

PRODUCT: 4D | VERSION: 2004 | PLATFORM: Mac & Win

Published On: March 10, 2006

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Here is sample code that will help search and replace characters in a string.

The example code is searching for the "é" character, which is 142 on the ascii chart. It will be replaced by the character "t".

For ($i;1;Length(vstring))

   If (Ascii(vstring[[$i]])=142)

     vstring[[$i]]:="t" ` replace the character

   End if

End for