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special= | special=Matches are made left-to-right, and once a portion of the supplied {{pspan|original}} is noted as a match, searching continues from the next character after said match.| | ||
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Revision as of 15:03, 12 March 2010
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Function Syntax
buffer replace_string(buffer original ,string find ,string replace )
buffer replace_string(string original ,string find ,string replace )
- original is the starting string or buffer
- find is the text to find in original
- replace is the text to substitute for find
Searches through the supplied original text, replacing every instance of find with replace, and returns the result.
Special
Matches are made left-to-right, and once a portion of the supplied original is noted as a match, searching continues from the next character after said match.