Question:
I need to delete certain characters from a string, particularly a money field in the format 99,999,999.99.
Is there an easy way to delete the commas and period from the string so that the remaining string is just 9999999999?
Answer:
Use the following function called ReplaceChar( string ref as_String, string as_From, string as_To ) with the following code:
Integer li_Pos, li_Width, li_Len, li_LenP1li_Len = Len( as_From )li_LenP1 = li_Len + 1li_Width = Len( as_From ) - 1li_Pos = Pos( as_String, as_From )DO WHILE li_Pos > 0 as_String = Left( as_String, li_Pos -1 ) & + as_To + Right( as_String, & Len( as_String ) - li_Pos - li_Width ) li_Pos = Pos( as_String, as_From, & li_Pos + li_LenP1 )LOOP
In your code call this function, passing in the string containing the comma value ( , ) and double-quote ( ” ); then call it for each character you want to remove. If you have a class library, you may find that such a function already exists.
