I know there are newer "proper" ways to do this in AS3 (StringUtils
class or something) but the old AS2 way still works as well.

myString = myString.split(strToMatch).join(strToReplace);

HTH,
Ben


--- In [email protected], "marty.pitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Admission of guilt:
> 
> I don't get regular expressions.  Never have, never will.  I'm missing
> that gene.
> 
> But, from what I can tell, reg exp seem to be the ONLY way to do a
> simple replace within in a string.  What's the deal?!?
> 
> So, I'm struggling with the String.Replace() method in AS3.
> 
> Does anyone have a simple replace function along the lines of:
> 
> public static function
>
Replace(source:String,valueToMatch:String,valueToReplace:String):String {
> //
> }
> 
> Or, is there a similar function hidden somewhere within the AS3 code?
> 
> Marty
>


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