CString::Replace

int Replace( TCHAR chOld**, TCHAR** chNew );

int Replace( LPCTSTR lpszOld**, LPCTSTR** lpszNew );

Return Value

The number of replaced instances of the character. Zero if the string isn't changed.

Parameters

chOld

The character to be replaced by chNew.

chNew

The character replacing chOld.

lpszOld

A pointer to a string containing the character to be replaced by lpszNew.

lpszNew

A pointer to a string containing the character replacing lpszOld.

Remarks

Call this member function to replace a character with another. The first prototype of the function replaces instances of chOld with chNew in-place in the string. The second prototype of the function replaces instances of the substring lpszOld with instances of the string lpszNew. 

The string may grow or shrink as a result of the replacement; that is, lpszNew and lpszOld do not have to be equal in length. Both versions perform case-sensitive matches.

Example

//First example, with old and new equal in length.

CString strZap("C--");
int n = strZap.Replace('-', '+');
ASSERT(n == 2);
ASSERT(strZap == "C++");

//Second example, old and new are of different lengths.

CString strBang("Everybody likes ice hockey");
n = strBang.Replace("hockey", "golf");
ASSERT(n == 1);
n = strBang.Replace("likes", "plays");
ASSERT(n == 1);
n = strBang.Replace("ice", NULL);
ASSERT(n == 1);
ASSERT(strBang == "Everybody plays  golf");

// note that you now have an extra space in your
// sentence. To remove the extra space, include it
// in the string to be replaced, i.e.,"ice ".

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