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ReplaceValues ( listOfValues ; startingValueNumber ; numberOfValues ; replacementValues )

Replaces multiple values in listOfValues with replacementValues.

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

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/* ReplaceValues function Author *COMMENT Visual Realisation Format ReplaceValues ( listOfValues ; startingValueNumber ; numberOfValues ; replacementValues ) Parameters listOfValues - a list of carriage return-delimited values startingValueNumber - the ordinal number of the starting value in listOfValues numberOfValues - the number of values to remove from listOfValues replacementValues - any text expression, with or without a trailing carriage return Data type returned text Description Replaces multiple values in listOfValues with replacementValues. Value replacement begins at the startingValueNumber value and continues for numberOfValues values. October 24, 2008 */ LeftValues ( listOfValues ; startingValueNumber - 1 ) & MiddleValues ( replacementValues ; 1 ; ValueCount ( replacementValues ) ) & RightValues ( listOfValues ; ValueCount ( listOfValues ) - Sum ( Max ( numberOfValues ; 0 ) ; Max ( startingValueNumber ; 1 ) ; - 1 ) ) Click to copy

Replaces multiple values in listOfValues with replacementValues. Value replacement begins at the startingValueNumber value and continues for numberOfValues values. Compare to the SubstituteValues custom function (http://www.briandunning.com/cf/851).

The function behaves exactly like the native Replace() function, except it operates on a list of carriage return-delimited values instead of characters. Same as with Replace(), you can "insert" replacementValues into listOfValues by specifying 0 as the numberOfValues parameter.

As with all value functions, the result of ReplaceValues() has a trailing carriage return.

This function is NOT recursive.

 

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