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ReplaceList
Returns string with all occurrences of the elements from the specified comma-
delimited list being replaced with their corresponding elements from another comma-
delimited list. The search is case-sensitive.
See also Find,
Syntax
ReplaceList( string , list1 , list2 )
string
Any string.
list1
Comma-delimited list of substrings to be replaced.
list2
Comma-delimited list of replace substrings.
Usage
Note that the list of substrings to be replaced is processed one after another. In this
way you may experience recursive replacement if one of your list1 elements is
contained in list2 elements. The second example listed below demonstrates such
replacement.
Examples
<!--- This example shows the use of Replacelist --->
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>
Replacelist Example
</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR=silver>
<H3>Replacelist Example</H3>
<P>The Replacelist function returns <I>string</I> with
<I>substringlist1</I> (e.g. "a,b") being replaced by <I>substringlist2
</I> (e.g. "c,d") in the specified scope.
<CFIF IsDefined("FORM.MyString")>
<P>Your original string, <CFOUTPUT>#FORM.MyString#</CFOUTPUT>
<P>You wanted to replace the substring <CFOUTPUT>#FORM.MySubstring1#
</CFOUTPUT>
with the substring <CFOUTPUT>#FORM.MySubstring2#</CFOUTPUT>.
<P>The result: <CFOUTPUT>#Replacelist(FORM.myString,
FORM.MySubstring1, FORM.mySubString2)#</CFOUTPUT>
</CFIF>
<FORM ACTION="replacelist.cfm" METHOD="POST">
Replace,
and REReplace.
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