parsing text

[sbrady19]

I have a text box for user input
user enters "ATP999 Bon Bon"
I need to format the text to this: ATP999%Bon%Bon

here is what I have so far:

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the_letters = abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

;make ATP999 Bon Bon to this:  ATP999%Bon%Bon
loop, parse, UserInput
{
if %A_loopfield% in the_letters
new_name=new_name A_loopfield
else
new_name=new_name % ; ERROR HERE
}
msgbox %newname%

Little help please, thank you very much.

[mikeyww]

Hi,

Use StrReplace.

[sbrady19]

figured it out

;make ATP999 Bon Bon to this: ATP999%Bon%Bon%20LIP
newname := StrReplace(UserInput, " ", "%20") ;replace spaces with %20 so the filename is a valid link. Priceless

[mikeyww]

You can use teadrinker's solution for a more generalizable approach. https://www.autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=84825