I didn't know this...

[Geoff Canyon]

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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