$SubRep

Replace occurrences of string

Note: Most Sirius $functions have been deprecated in favor of Object Oriented methods. The recommended OO replacement function for $SubRep is Replace. (See the Usage notes below.)

This function replaces occurrences of a substring in one string with another.

The $SubRep function accepts five arguments and returns a string result that is part of the first argument string.

The first argument is an arbitrary string.

The second argument is an arbitrary string located in argument 1.

The third argument is a replacement string.

The fourth argument is a starting position in the first argument string. This is an optional argument and defaults to 1.

The fifth argument is a repeat count indicating the number of occurrences to be replaced. This is an optional argument, and it defaults to 1.

Syntax

%string = $SubRep(string, substring, repstring, start_pos, count)

%string is part of the first argument string.

Examples

For example, this statement sets %JUNK to XYCDABAB:

%JUNK = $SubRep('ABCDABAB', 'AB', 'XY')

This statement sets %JUNK to XYCDXYXY:

%JUNK = $SubRep('ABCDABAB', 'AB', 'XY', ,5)

This statement sets %JUNK to ABCDXYXY.

%JUNK = $SubRep('ABCDABAB', 'AB', 'XY', 3 ,5)

If the substitution would cause the result value to exceed 255 characters, it is not performed.

Usage notes

As stated above, the recommended OO replacement function for $SubRep is Replace. However, unlike $SubRep, Replace is Longstring capable (like all OO methods), so:

• Both $SubRep and Replace have an optional argument for the count of substrings to replace, but their defaults differ: for $SubRep it is 1; Replace replaces all instances of the substring.
• It is possible that an application using $SubRep is unintentionally using "silent truncation," which will become noticable if you replace it with Replace; see the discussion in "Longstrings".
• Do not replace Replace with $SubRep.

Products authorizing $SubRep

• Sirius functions
• Fast/Unload User Language Interface
• Janus Open Client
• Janus Open Server
• Janus Sockets
• Janus Web Server
• Japanese functions
• Sir2000 Field Migration Facility