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 REPLACE(SEXP1,SEXP2,SEXP3) (STRING)

 Function
  Change all occurences of a given character to another character in a
  string.

 Syntax
  REPLACE(str,old,new)

   str = Any string expression.
   old = A string expression with the old character to be replaced.
   new = A string expression with the new character to replace with.

   NOTE: Only the first character of the old and new strings is used for
         the comparison and replacement.

 Return Type & Value
  STRING
  Returns str with all occurences of old changed to new.

 Remarks
  This function will search a string for a given character and replace
  all instances of that character with another character.  This can be
  useful in many scenarios, especially when formatting text for display
  purposes.

 Examples
  PRINTLN "Your internet address on this system is:"
  PRINTLN REPLACE(LOWER(U_NAME())," ","."),"@clarkdev.com"

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