Adobe ColdFusion 8

Replace

Description

Replaces occurrences of substring1 in a string with substring2, in a specified scope. The search is case-sensitive.

Returns

The string, after making replacements.

Category

String functions

Function syntax

Replace(string, substring1, substring2 [, scope ])

See also

Find, REFind, ReplaceNoCase, ReplaceList, REReplace

Parameters

Parameter

Description
string

A string or a variable that contains one. String in which to search.

substring1

A string or a variable that contains one. String for which to search

substring2

String that replaces substring1
scope
  • one: replaces the first occurrence (default)
  • all: replaces all occurrences

Usage

To remove a string, specify the empty string ("") as substring2.

You do not need to escape comma characters in strings. For example, the following code deletes the commas from the sentence:

replace("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy cow, dog, and cat.",",","","All")

Example

<h3>Replace Example</h3>

<p>The Replace function returns <I>string</I> with <I>substring1</I> 
    replaced by <I>substring2</I> in the specified scope. This 
    is a case-sensitive search.

<cfif IsDefined("FORM.MyString")>
<p>Your original string, <cfoutput>#FORM.MyString#</cfoutput>
<p>You wanted to replace the substring <cfoutput>#FORM.MySubstring1#
    </cfoutput>
    with the substring <cfoutput>#FORM.MySubstring2#</cfoutput>.
<p>The result: <cfoutput>#Replace(FORM.myString, 
    FORM.MySubstring1, FORM.mySubString2)#</cfoutput>
</cfif>