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  1. | <String Substitution>
  2. |
  3. | returns theStr with all instances of srcPat in theStr replaced with destPat
  4. | note: Search is case sensitive
  5.  
  6. Function/S StrSubstitute(srcPat,theStr,destPat)
  7.     String srcPat,theStr,destPat
  8.     
  9.     Variable sstart=0,sstop,srcLen= strlen(srcPat), destLen= strlen(destPat)
  10.     do
  11.         sstop= strsearch(theStr, srcPat, sstart)
  12.         if( sstop < 0 )
  13.             break
  14.         endif
  15.         theStr[sstop,sstop+srcLen-1]= destPat
  16.         sstart= sstop+destLen
  17.     while(1)
  18.     return theStr
  19. End
  20.  
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