StringScanner.ReplaceSmatchI Function
Syntax
Result_Flag as L = ReplaceSmatchI as l(pattern as c,replace as c)
Arguments
- Result_Flag
True indicates that the replacement was done.
- pattern
The text that you want to find in the buffer. You may use the "?" (single character) and "*" (any number of characters) expressions.
- replace
The text to substitute for Find_Text.
Description
Look for an smatch pattern, and replace it if found.
Discussion
The <StringScanner>.ReplaceSmatchI() function replaces the first instance of Find_Text (case insensitive) with Replace_Text, if it can be found between the offset and the end of the buffer.The offset is positioned immediately after Replace_Text.
Example
dim scanner as P dim txt as C txt = <<%text% This is wonderful text written by a great writer %text% scanner = stringscanner.create(txt) ? scanner.replacesmatchi("w*ful", "windful") = .T. ? scanner.GetToOffset() = "This is windful" ? scanner.GetRemainder() =prose written by a technical writer of note.
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