strreplace()

Replaces parts of a string with another string.

Synopsis

int strreplace( string &source, string search, string replace);

Parameters

Parameter Description
source String to search in
search String to replace
replace Replacement string

Return value

This function returns the number of replacements. If parameters are missing or incorrect, -1 is returned.

Errors

Missing or incorrect arguments

Description

Finds every occurrence of search in source and replaces it with replace. This modifies the source string.

Example

Replaces "twenty"; in the source string with "thirty";. Thus, the source string "one hundred and twenty"; becomes "one hundred and thirty";.

main()
{
  string source;
  source="one hundred and twenty";
  strreplace(source, "twenty", "thirty");
}

Assignment

Strings

Availability

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