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String Functions - Replacing text

Replacing text

If you want to replace all occurances of a string, you can use the Replace function (only available in VB6.. you'll have to create your own if you have VB5 or lower).

Replace(StringToSearch, StringToFind, ReplaceString, Start, Count, Compare)

The first 3 parameters speak for themselves.... The Start, Count and Compare paramters are all optional. Start specifies where to start replacing from, count specifies the maximum number of replaces, and compare specifies if it is case sensitive (vbBinaryCompare), or not (vbTextCompare).

The following code replaces all occurances of "Jane" with "Bob" in the Text1 textbox

Replace(Text1.Text, "Jane", "Bob")

James first started writing tutorials on Visual Basic in 1999 whilst starting this website (then known as VB Web). Since then, the site has grown rapidly, and James has written numerous tutorials, articles and reviews on VB, PHP, ASP and C#. In October 2003, James formed the company Developer Fusion Ltd, which owns this website, and also offers various development services. In his spare time, he's a 3rd year undergraduate studying Computer Science in the UK. He's also a Visual Basic MVP.

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    Posted by KöllMorgan on 14 Jan 2007

    Here we go again:


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  • Re: [69] String Functions

    Posted by KöllMorgan on 14 Jan 2007

    Replying to my own post...Hiya!


    I found out the trick to grabbing the first word in the string using the above code:


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    Posted by KöllMorgan on 13 Jan 2007

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