I didn't know this...

[Mike Bonner]

I too would prefer this way because its the livecode readable way.  While
this particular one is a pretty simple regex-- put
replacetext(tNames,"(\bc)","x") it would get complicated way too fast
depending on need.  A for each loop would be fine and work fast also, but I
personally wouldn't mind your idea being a feature request.

On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 11:44 PM, Geoff Canyon <gcanyon at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's too bad this won't work:
>
>    put "bob carol ted alice" into S
>    replace "c" with "x" in char 1 of each word of S
>    put S -- puts "bob xarol ted alice"
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macmail at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Nice :-)
> >
> > This isn't limited to variables but for works for fields as well.
> >
> > Taken the liberty of entering an Enhancement Request - 14311 - that the
> > Dictionary entry be amended to include your example and note that replace
> > can also be used on chunks within a container, not just the entire
> > container.
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