[SOLVED] Problem with replacement of a character

[redfield]

Hi Livecoders,
probably this is a very simple one, but unfortunately not simple enough for me . In a string, e. g. "/folder/subfolder", I am wanting to replace the second "/" with a "."

To achieve this I coded the following:

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put "/folder/subfolder" into fld "fField"
     if offset("/", fld "fField", 1) > 1 then
        put offset("/", fld "fField", 1) +1 into charPosition
        replace char charPosition of fld "fField" with "." in fld "fField"
     end if

With the above code though, both "/" are turned into a "." and not only the second one. How come ?

[bogs]

The problem is that your using 'replace', which replaces everything in that field.

Use the replace command to replace all instances of one string with another string.

Instead, try "put", i.e.

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   put "/folder/subfolder" into fld 1
   put offset("/", fld 1, 1) into tVar
     if offset("/", fld 1, 1) > 1 then
        put offset("/", fld 1, 1) +1 into charPosition
        -- replace char charPosition of fld 1 with "." in fld 1
        put "." into char charPosition of fld 1
     end if

[redfield]

Okay thanks. I thought by defining the position of the char to be replaced ("... char charPosition..."), only this one position would be touched. AND I forgot all about "put into". Works fine now.