replaceText

[Mark Schonewille]

JB, what error?

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On 7 jun 2009, at 21:20, -= JB =- wrote:

> The Rev dictionary shows the following two forms for replaceText,
>
> replacetext("malformed","mal","well") -- returns "wellformed"
> replacetext(field "Stats",return,comma) -- makes comma-delimited
>
> Let's say I want to replace the text "Hello world" in fld id 1004  
> with "Another Day"
>
> I put "Hello world" into findWords
> I put "Hello world" into replaceWords
> I put "Another Day" into newWords
>
> then I use the line below,
>
> replacetext(fld id 1004, findWords, replaceWords, newWords)
>
> I get an error.  One thing that is confusing is I am trying to use  
> the 1st form of
> replaceText which is,
>
> replacetext("malformed","mal","well")
>
> but this form does not designate the field the text to be replaced  
> is in so
> I added it like it is shown in the 2nd form of replaceText.
>
> What is the proper way to use replaceText since I keep getting an  
> error?
>
> regards,
> -=>JB<=-