replaceList

Description

Replaces occurrences of the elements from a delimited list in a string with corresponding elements from another delimited list. The search is case sensitive.

Syntax

ReplaceList(string, list1, list2)

Attributes

Attribute	Description	Required	Default
list1	Comma-delimited list of substrings for which to search
list2	Comma-delimited list of replacement substrings
string	A string, or a variable that contains one, within which to replace substring

Returns

A copy of the string, after making replacements.

Usage

The list of substrings to replace is processed sequentially. If a list1 element is contained in list2 elements, recursive replacement might occur. The second example shows this.

Example

The ReplaceList function returns <I>string</I> with  
<I>substringlist1</I> (e.g. "a,b") replaced by <I>substringlist2</I>  
    (e.g. "c,d") in the specified scope. 
<cfif IsDefined("FORM.MyString")> 
Your original string, <cfoutput>#FORM.MyString#</cfoutput> 
You wanted to replace the substring <cfoutput>#FORM.MySubstring1# 
    </cfoutput> 
with the substring <cfoutput>#FORM.MySubstring2#</cfoutput>. 
The result: <cfoutput>#Replacelist(FORM.myString, 
FORM.MySubstring1, FORM.mySubString2)#</cfoutput> 
</cfif> 
<form action = "replacelist.cfm" method="post"> 
String 1 
<br><input type = "Text" value = "My Test String" name = "MyString"> 
Substring 1 (find this list of substrings) 
<br><input type = "Text" value = "Test, String" name = "MySubstring1"> 
Substring 2 (replace with this list of substrings) 
<br><input type = "Text" value = "Replaced, Sentence" name = "MySubstring2"> 
<input type = "Submit" value = "Replace and display" name = "">  
</form> 
 
<h3>Replacelist Example Two</h3> 
<cfset stringtoreplace = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."> 
<cfoutput> 
    #ReplaceList(stringtoreplace,"dog,brown,fox,black", "cow,black,ferret,white")# 
</cfoutput>

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