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  3. January 2008

Re: %replace question

Hi Alan -

On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:24:20 -0500, Alan Shore <AlanShore@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:

My head is stuck on using %replace - is this correct, or should I be using
something else?

You're on the right track. You would want to use %scan to find "" and
%replace to replace "" with ". Continue looping until not found.

BUT ... you need to be careful if there could be more than two double
quotes together. If that circumstance can occur, you'll need to write
the code carefully to make sure that the result is what you want.

For example, if you always start the scan at the beginning of the
field, or any point in the string at the replacement point or earlier,
any number of consecutive "s will always be collapsed to just one ".

Ken
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