String Intrinsic Functions - TranslateCharacters Method

Translate the specified characters

Member of String Intrinsic Functions (PRIM_LIBI.ICommonStringIntrinsics)

Parameters

Name	Type	Data Type	Description
Result	*Result (Optional)	String	Resulting value after all values have been replaced
From	*Input	String	Characters to convert
To	*Input (Optional)	String	Replacement characters

Details

TranslateCharacters is used to substitute characters in the subject string with characters in the To string, using characters in the From string as a key.  Whenever a character in the subject string matches a character in the From string it will be replaced with the equivalent character in the To string.

Example

In this example, if #String contained "ABCCBA", the result would be "CBAABC""

#String2 := #String.TranslateCharacters( "ABC", "CBA"' )

See also

All Component Classes

Technical Reference

LANSA Version 15, April 2020