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Replace All Occurences of Numbers in the Input String

Replace All Occurences of Numbers in the Input String

This function replaces all occurences of numbers in the input string with ‘#‘ and returns the replaced string. It recognizes integers, floating point, and negative numbers. It will not replace digits that are actually part of a word (eg: ‘var5‘ or ‘level9code‘). Special care is taken for numbers in formats like ‘=45‘.

The function keeps scanning the string for ” ” (a space) and then extracts the word before it. If the word is numeric, it replaces that word with ‘#‘. Special care is taken for last word which doesn’t have a space at its end.

'Replaces all occurences of numbers from a string with "#"Function ReplaceNumbers(sample As String) As StringDim fromx As IntegerDim pos As LongDim tmp As Stringfromx = 1Do While fromx  0 Then  tmp = Mid(sample, fromx, pos - fromx)  If IsNumeric(tmp) Then     sample = Replace(sample, tmp, "#", 1, 1, vbTextCompare)  End IfElse  Exit DoEnd Iffromx = pos + 1Loop'For last wordIf Mid(sample, fromx, 1) = "=" Then fromx = fromx + 1tmp = Mid(sample, fromx, Len(sample))If IsNumeric(tmp) Then     sample = Replace(sample, tmp, "#", 1, 1, vbTextCompare)End If  ReplaceNumbers = sampleEnd Function
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