Search and replace
Last modification: Monday, August 25, 2008 12:47 amReplaces every occurrence of a string and replaces it with another. Takes three strings (whole string, search string and replacement string) as parameters.
Required parameters
Parameter 1 (string)The string to be searched.
Parameter 2 (string)
The string to search with.
Parameter 3 (string)
The replacement string.
Function Calls
searchAndReplace(_string, _search, _replace)searchAndReplace("Hello_World", "World", "Earth")
Implementation
on searchAndReplace(_string, _search, _replace)if _string does not contain _search then return _string
set _prvDlmt to AppleScript's text item delimiters
try
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to _search
set _stringItems to text items of _string
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to _replace
set _string to _stringItems as string
end try
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to _prvDlmt
return _string
end searchAndReplace
