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SubstituteValues ( listOfValues ; searchValues ; replaceValues )

Substitutes multiple searchValues in listOfValues with the corresponding replaceValues.

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Michael Horak - Show more from this author *COMMENT Visual Realisation

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/* SubstituteValues function Author *COMMENT Visual Realisation Format SubstituteValues ( listOfValues ; searchValues ; replaceValues ) Parameters listOfValues - any text expression or text field searchValues - any text expression or text field replaceValues - any text expression or text field Data type returned text Description Substitutes multiple searchValues in listOfValues with the corresponding replaceValues. If there is no corresponding replaceValue, the searchValue is removed from listOfValues. June 16, 2008 Modified: July 7, 2015 to fix an issue with repeating subsequent values. */ Let ( [ searchString = GetValue ( searchValues ; 1 ) ; replaceString = GetValue ( replaceValues ; 1 ) ; xchgList = Substitute ( ¶ & listOfValues & ¶ ; [ ¶ ; "¶¶" ] ; [ ¶ & searchString & ¶ ; ¶ & replaceString & ¶ ] ; [ "¶¶" ; ¶ ] ; [ "¶¶" ; ¶ ] ) ; cleanList = MiddleValues ( xchgList ; 2 ; ValueCount ( xchgList ) - 1 ) ; countValues = ValueCount ( searchValues ) ] ; Case ( countValues > 1 ; SubstituteValues ( cleanList ; RightValues ( searchValues ; countValues - 1 ) ; MiddleValues ( replaceValues ; 2 ; countValues - 1 ) ) ; Substitute ( TrimAll ( Substitute ( cleanList ; [ " " ; Char (57344) ] ; [ ¶ ; " " ] ) ; 0 ; 0 ) ; [ " " ; ¶] ; [ Char (57344) ; " " ] ) ) ) Click to copy

Substitutes multiple searchValues in listOfValues with the corresponding replaceValues. If there is no corresponding replaceValue, the searchValue is removed from listOfValues.

 

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		Bruce Robertson Jul 6, 2015
Still has the same problematic result for me: SubstituteValues ( "aa¶bb¶cc¶aa¶aa¶aa¶dd" ; "aa" ;"") => bb¶cc¶aa¶dd¶

		comment, VR Jul 7, 2015
@Bruce Robertson: I am afraid I cannot reproduce the problem.

		Bruce Robertson Jul 7, 2015
OK. But I can.

		comment, VR Jul 7, 2015
@Bruce Robertson: You are right, I did not perform the update correctly. Fixed now.

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