VB.NET Language Pocket Reference

Name

Replace Function — Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings

Synopsis

Replace(expression, find, replace [, start[, _
        count[, compare]]])

expression required; String

The complete string containing the substring to be replaced

find required; String

The substring to be found by the function

replace required; String

The new substring to replace find in expression

start optional; Long

The character position in expression at which the search for find begins

count optional; Long

The number of instances of find to replace

compare optional; CompareMethod constant

The method used to compare find with expression; its value can be CompareMethod.Binary (for case-sensitive comparison) or CompareMethod.Text (for case-insensitive comparison)

Return Value

The return value from Replace depends on the parameters you specify in the argument list, as the following table shows:

If	Return value
expression = “”	Zero-length string (“”)
find = “”	Copy of expression
replace = “”	Copy of expression with all instances of find removed
start > Len(expression)	Zero-length string (“”)
count = 0	Copy of expression

Description

Replaces a given number of instances of a specified substring in another string.