Is there any easy way in databasic to replace an 8 character string which is
part of a 400 character string with another 8 character string starting at a
specific location (say the 200th character)?
Rob

In classic pick

x = 200
TEST.STRING = TEST.STRING[1,X-1]:"12345678":TEST.STRING[X+8,9999]

I believe some flavors support TEST.STRING[X,8] = "12345678"

"Robert S. Lobel" wrote:

In D3:
VAR[200,8] = "12345678"

Or:
VAR = VAR[1,199]:"12345678":VAR[207,LEN(VAR)]

Does that help? Something tells me I'm missing something - or
something.
T

Thanks Douglas & Tony. Tony's d3 solution is what I'm looking for.
Rob
"Tony Gravagno" <g6q3x9lu53001 (AT) sneakemail (DOT) com.invalid> wrote

Tony is a hundred times smarter than me, but I believe his second
solution will overwrite the last character in the replacement string.

Got any more BASIC questions? I really like the string handling in
Pick BASIC.

Cheers

doug wrote:

HA! Fooled another one.
I just write a hundred times more than you. ;^b

It's funny that I did do the counting and still got it wrong. How
smart is that? Doh! Thanks for keeping me honest, bud.

T