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Hi ,

I was wondering... Could StringReplace be extended to replace only single instances of the SearchText. and/or exclude certain strings ?

For example... in the string "AA,DE,0A,22,14,FF, A2" replace only single instances of A with C with using the All option for a result of "AA, DE, 0C, 22, 14, FF, C2"

or... in the string "AAA,DCE,0AA,212,134,FFF, A02" replace instances of A with C but exclude AA with using the All option for a result of "CCC,DCE,0AA,212,134,FFF, C02"

I think the rarity of the need for this means it should be written as a script function. Such functions could eventually be made a part of the program's standard includes library (which has not yet been implemented).

Don’t cry! It is not that hard to get it done. First replace every AA with something you don’t have in the string, like # (can be really long and weird string), then A->C and finally #->AA. Only 3 lines of code!

Your second example is only a little more complex: AAA->$, AA->#, $->AAA, A->C, #->AA. Five lines, assuming the structure of your text is similar to the one you showed. Of course, in general cases it is not that easy. (OK, you can cry.)

That was the problem actually. I was looking for a method that does not involve replacing characters as I will not know which characters have not been used. The manual solution without replacing characters is not too difficult (at least I'm pretty sure it isn't...) but I was trying to avoid adding another function. Chris is very likely correct that not many people would have a use for this but I can see myself using it quite a bit. I'll see if I can come up with a handy, dandy function...