VBScript Replace Function

Quiz

Replace

The Replace Function replaces a specified part of a string with a specific string a specified number of times.

Syntax

Replace(string,find,replacewith[,start[,count[,compare]]])

string, a Required Parameter. The Input String from to be searched for replacing.
find, a Required Parameter. The Part of the String that will be be replaced.
replace with, a Required Parameter. The replacement string, which would be replaced against the find parameter.
start, an Optional Parameter. Specifies the start position from where the string has to be searched and replaced. Default value is 1.
count, an Optional Parameter. Specifies the number of times the replacement has to be performed.
compare, an Optional Parameter. Specifies the comparison method to be used. Default value is 0.

0 = vbBinaryCompare - Performs a binary comparison
1 = vbTextCompare - Performs a Textual comparison

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <body>
      <script language = "vbscript" type = "text/vbscript">
         var = "This is VBScript Programming"

         'VBScript to be replaced by MS VBScript
         document.write("Line 1: " & Replace(var,"VBScript","MS VBScript") & "<br />")

         'VB to be replaced by vb
         document.write("Line 2: " & Replace(var,"VB","vb") & "<br />")

         ''is' replaced by ##
         document.write("Line 3: " & Replace(var,"is","##") & "<br />")

         ''is' replaced by ## ignores the characters before the first occurence
         document.write("Line 4: " & Replace(var,"is","##",5) & "<br />")

         ''s' is replaced by ## for the next 2 occurences.
         document.write("Line 5: " & Replace(var,"s","##",1,2) & "<br />")

         ''r' is replaced by ## for all occurences textual comparison.
         document.write("Line 6: " & Replace(var,"r","##",1,-1,1) & "<br />")

         ''t' is replaced by ## for all occurences Binary comparison
         document.write("Line 7: " & Replace(var,"t","##",1,-1,0) & "<br />")

      </script>
   </body>
</html>

When you save it as .html and execute it in Internet Explorer, then the above script will produce the following result −

Line 1: This is MS VBScript Programming
Line 2: This is vbScript Programming
Line 3: Th## ## VBScript Programming
Line 4: ## VBScript Programming
Line 5: Thi## i## VBScript Programming
Line 6: This is VBSc##ipt P##og##amming
Line 7: This is VBScrip## Programming

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