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Re: String Processing Question [message #42860 is a reply to message #42859]

Thu, 03 March 2005 13:47

Sobwom
Messages: 2
Registered: March 2005

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David Fanning wrote:
> Folks,
>
> My mind goes into shutdown mode whenever the subject of
> string processing comes up. It always has, I don't know
> why.
>
> I have a method of doing this, but is looks like
> a crock. Here is the situation.
>
> I have a variable:
>
> animal = 'Coyote'
>
> And I have a string:
>
> myString = 'My favorite animal is {1}.
>
> I want to replace "{1}" with "Coyote". What is the
> best way to do that, given that "{1}' can occur
> anywhere in the string?
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/

Try StrSplit():
animal = 'Coyote'
myString = 'My favorite animal is {1}.'
newString = StrJoin(StrSplit(myString, '\{1\}', /Regex, /Extract, $
/Preserve_Null), animal)

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		Re: String Processing Question By: David Fanning on Thu, 03 March 2005 16:15
		Re: String Processing Question By: Benjamin Hornberger on Thu, 03 March 2005 16:07
		Re: String Processing Question By: David Fanning on Thu, 03 March 2005 14:14
		Re: String Processing Question By: Sobwom on Thu, 03 March 2005 13:47
		Re: String Processing Question By: Norbert Hahn on Fri, 04 March 2005 08:32
		Re: String Processing Question By: Craig Markwardt on Thu, 03 March 2005 17:58

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