Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Text.ReplaceAll

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Text.ReplaceAll

Find & Replace all occurrences of a text.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
Text	7.3	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

MBS( "Text.ReplaceAll"; Text; Find; ReplaceWithText ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example

Text The text to search. "Hello World"

Find The text to find. "o"

ReplaceWithText The new text. "a"

Parameter	Description	Example
Text	The text to search.	"Hello World"
Find	The text to find.	"o"
ReplaceWithText	The new text.	"a"

Result

Returns text or error.

Description

Find & Replace all occurrences of a text.
Quickly looks for all occurrences of a given text in another text and replaces it with a new text.
Optimized code for extra speed if you replace one character with another character.

Examples

Simple replace:

MBS( "Text.ReplaceAll"; "Hello"; "e"; "a" )

Example result: "Hallo"

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Release notes

Version 8.3
- Fixed a problem with Text.ReplaceAll causing freeze with empty string to search.
Version 7.3
- Added Text.ReplaceAll function.

Created 13th July 2017, last changed 13th July 2017

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