STREP Name
STREP Purpose
Edit a string by position. Precede, Follow, Replace, Delete.
Category
Calling Sequence
newstring = strep(string,cmd,p,ss,[iflg])
Inputs
string = string to edit. in
cmd = edit command: in
'P' = precede position p with substring ss.
'F' = follow position p with substring ss.
'R' = replace text starting at position p
with text from substring ss.
'D' = delete N characters starting at
position p. The calling sequence for
this command is slightly different:
IFLG = STREP(string,'D',p,n,[iflg])
Where n = number of characters to delete.
p = character position to use. in
0 = first char. Any number larger
than the string length = last char.
ss = substring to use. For 'D' command in
n is used instead of ss.
Keyword Parameters
Outputs
iflg = 0 for a successful edit, out
iflg = -1 for an error and no change to string.
newstring = edited string. out
Common Blocks
Notes
Modification History
Written by R. Sterner, 27 Dec, 1984.
Converted to SUN 13 Aug, 1989 --- R. Sterner.
R. Sterner, 2010 Apr 29 --- Converted arrays from () to [].
R. Sterner, 2010 Dec 20 --- Fixed 'P', 'F', and 'R' for ss=NULL string.
Null string was terminating the string where inserted (since 1984).
Copyright (C) 1984, Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory
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