REPLACE

This is an obsolete way to assign to dynamic arrays via a function.

COMMAND SYNTAX

REPLACE (var, expression1{, expression2{, expression3}}; expression4)

SYNTAX ELEMENTS

var is the dynamic array that the REPLACE function will use to assign expression4. Unless the same var is assigned the result of the function it will be unchanged.

expression1 specifies into which field assignment will be made and should evaluate to a numeric.

expression2 is only specified when multi-value assignment is to be done and should evaluate to a numeric.

expression3 is only specified when sub-value assignment is to be done and should evaluate to a numeric.

expression4 can evaluate to any data type and is the actual data that will be assigned to the array.

NOTES

The function returns a copy of var with the specified replacement carried out. This value may be assigned to the original var in which case the jBC compiler will optimise the assignment.

EXAMPLES

X = "JBASE":MV:"is Great"
X = REPLACE(X,1,1;"jBASE")

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