replace-chars( a, b, c[, d] )


Looks in a for characters that are contained in b and replaces them with the character in c residing at the same position as the found one in b. If b and c have different lengths, the characters in the longer list are ignored.

Description of Parameters

Parameter

Description

a

Text.

b

Characters to look for.

c

Characters to replace with.

d

(optional) true or single stops the process after the first replacement of each character being searched.

Examples

Parameter a

Parameter b

Parameter c

Parameter d

Result

ABCDEF

AC

12

1B2DEF

ABCDEF

AC2

12_

1B_DEF

ABCDEF

AC2

12_

true

1B2DEF

ABCDEF

AC2

12_

single

1B2DEF