Thanks for the suggestions.

On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 9:04 PM Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote:

> Well, if you want the alternate semantics you suggested in that comment:
>
>    'AA' (] rplc '';~[) 'abcAAAdefAAA'
> abcAdefA
>
> Or, if you prefer the overlap approach:
>
>    'AA' (] #~ #@[ */@(-@i.@[ |."_1 #) -.@,:@E.) 'abcAAAdefAAA'
> abcdef
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> --
> Raul
>
> On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 8:56 PM Devon McCormick <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi -
> >
> > I just wrote a string removal verb:
> >
> > NB.* removeStr: remove string x from string y
> > removeStr=: 4 : 0
> >    wh=. I. whb=. x E. y
> >    rmb=. -. (1) (~.;(<i.#x)+&.>wh)}whb
> >    rmb#y
> > NB.EG 'H n brn c?' -: 'ow' removeStr 'How now brown cow?'
> > NB.EG 'abcdef' -: 'AA' removeStr 'abcAAAdefAAA'  NB. May be
> non-intuitive
> > )
> >
> > Note the second example in the comment on the final line - since 'AA'
> > occurs twice in 'AAA', both are removed, thus removing the triplet.  It
> > seems an unlikely case but is this behavior too confusing?
> >
> > Does anyone have an alternate version of this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Devon
> > --
> >
> > Devon McCormick, CFA
> >
> > Quantitative Consultant
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