REPLACE

REPLACE is an obsolete way to assign to dynamic arrays via a function.

COMMAND SYNTAX

    REPLACE(var, expression1{, expression2{, expression3}}; expression4)

SYNTAX ELEMENTS

var is the dynamic array that the REPLACE function will use to assign new values; remains unchanged.

expression1 specifies into which field assignment will be made and should evaluate to a numeric.

expression2 specifies into which value assignment is to be done and should evaluate to a numeric.

expression3 specifies into which sub-value assignment is to be done and should evaluate to a numeric.

expression4 can evaluate to any data type and is the actual data that will be assigned to the array.

NOTES

The function returns a copy of var with the specified replacement carried out. This value may be assigned to the original var in which case the jBC compiler will optimize the assignment.

EXAMPLE

       X = "jBASE" :@VM: "is" :@VM: "great" :@FM: '!'
       Y = REPLACE(X, 1, 2; 'is really')
       CRT FMT(X, 'MCP')                    ;*  jBASE]is]great^!
       CRT FMT(Y, 'MCP')                    ;*  jBASE]is really]great^!