replaceText

[Richmond]

Thanks both: Mark and Igor.

On 06/13/2012 12:35 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote:
> Hi Richmond,
>
> ReplaceText is a function, not a command and you can't replace anything in a literal but only in a container.
>
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>
> Mark Schonewille
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> On 13 jun 2012, at 11:19, Richmond wrote:
>
>> put fld "TEXXT" into TEXXT
>>   if TEXXT contains "sugar" then
>>     replaceText ("sugar","sugar","sweetener")
>> end if
>> put TEXXT into fld "TEXXT"
>>
>> doesn't work.
>>
>> The dictionary entry does NOT say something like this:
>>
>> replaceText TEXXT ("sugar","sugar","sweetener")
>>
>> ----------------------
>>
>> tried:
>>
>> if fld "TEXXT" contains "sugar" then
>>     replaceText ("sugar","sugar","sweetener")
>> end if
>>
>> no joy there either.
>>
>> ???
>>
>> Richmond.
>
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