Issue 77452 - Missing Replace() function in OOo.basic
Summary: Missing Replace() function in OOo.basic
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of issue 85035
Alias: None
Product: App Dev
Classification: Unclassified
Component: scripting (show other issues)
Version: 3.3.0 or older (OOo)
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial
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Assignee: ab
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Reported: 2007-05-17 09:55 UTC by bormant
Modified: 2013-02-24 21:01 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description bormant 2007-05-17 09:55:08 UTC
Cann't find Replace() function in OOo.basic 

Quote from VBA reference:

Replace Function

Description
Returns a string in which a specified substring has been replaced with another 
substring a specified number of times.

Syntax
Replace(expression, find, replace[, start[, count[, compare]]])

The Replace function syntax has these named arguments:

expression Required. String expression containing substring to replace. 
find Required. Substring being searched for. 

replace Required. Replacement substring. 
start Optional. Position within expression where substring search is to begin. 
If omitted, 1 is assumed. 

count Optional. Number of substring substitutions to perform. If omitted, the 
default value is –1, which means make all possible substitutions. 

compare Optional. Numeric value indicating the kind of comparison to use when 
evaluating substrings. See Settings section for values. 

Settings

The compare argument can have the following values:

vbUseCompareOption –1 Performs a comparison using the setting of the Option 
Compare statement. 

vbBinaryCompare 0 Performs a binary comparison. 

vbTextCompare 1 Performs a textual comparison. 

vbDatabaseCompare 2 Microsoft Access only. Performs a comparison based on 
information in your database. 

Return Values

Replace returns the following values:

expression is zero-length Zero-length string ("") 

expression is Null An error. 

find is zero-length Copy of expression. 

replace is zero-length Copy of expression with all occurences of find removed. 

start > Len(expression) Zero-length string. 

count is 0 Copy of expression. 

Remarks
The return value of the Replace function is a string, with substitutions made, 
that begins at the position specified by start and and concludes at the end of 
the expression string. It is not a copy of the original string from start to 
finish.
Comment 1 noel.power 2007-05-17 10:01:48 UTC
changing issue type to enhancement
openoffice basic is NOT vba ;-)

but we should think about offering 'more' compatible functions

Andreas, I'd like us to think about at least a simple implementation of this
function. Anyway I am interested in this one as it appears in my list of
problematic bits when importing documents ;-)
Comment 2 cno 2007-05-17 23:00:21 UTC
Indeed, VBA is not OOo-basic.
You look for  ThisComponent.createReplaceDescriptor()
Pls see the SDK.
Comment 3 ab 2007-05-29 09:11:45 UTC
STARTED, OOo 2.x for now
Comment 4 Mathias_Bauer 2007-12-04 14:57:40 UTC
basic and scripting issues now should be assigned to component "scripting"
Comment 5 Martin Hollmichel 2007-12-07 12:13:46 UTC
set target to 3.x according to http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Target_3x
Comment 6 audirac 2008-04-21 14:17:41 UTC
It seems to be a duplicate of #85035.
Comment 7 ab 2009-01-29 14:02:53 UTC
ab->audirac: You are right -> duplicate


*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 85035 ***
Comment 8 Mechtilde 2009-07-12 17:54:33 UTC
duplicate -> closed