Thanks Bob Strange that there is not a simpler solution. Ah well, I guess I had just hoped there was something equivalent to setCharAt
No worries anyway, I have decided to recode using an array. Cheers Paul -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Leisle Sent: 14 July 2009 19:43 To: 'Flash Coders List' Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Equivalent of setCharAt to change a character in a string Ah yes. I missed that part. How about this moderately less simple one using Kenneth's suggestion? function swapCharAt(s:String, index:Number, char:String ):String{ var ptrn:RegExp = new RegExp("(.{"+index+"}).(.*)"); return( (s).replace(ptrn, "$1"+char+"$2") ); } trace( swapCharAt("Flash", 2, "e") ); hth, Bob -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Steven Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 10:32 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Equivalent of setCharAt to change a character in a string Thanks Robert - yes I am able to replace patterns but just wondered If simple way to change a particular character in a string based on the character index? Thanks Paul Sent from my iPhone On 14 Jul 2009, at 18:10, "Robert Leisle" <[email protected]> wrote: > Does this not work for you? > > // Change the first instance only > var myPattern:RegExp = /sh/; > // Change all instances > //var myPattern:RegExp = /sh/g; > var str:String = "She sells seashells by the seashore."; > trace(str.replace(myPattern, "sch")); > // She sells seaschells by the seashore. > > Hth, > Bob > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:flashcoders- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Steven > Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 8:50 AM > To: 'Flash Coders List' > Subject: [Flashcoders] Equivalent of setCharAt to change a character > in a string > > Probably something really simple but can't for the life of me recall > the syntax to change a particular character of a string. > > For example if I have the word "Flash" and want to change the letter > "a" to an "e", I was hoping there was a function like setCharAt(2, > "e"); > > Btw I am coding in AS3. > > Thanks > > paul > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
