replace method doesn't work

[920506]

Hi all,
I was confused. I thought it should be very straightforward.
I have the following code:

namestr="Peippp-hua ggSun"

call Replace(namestr, "-", "abc")
response.write namestr
response.end

after replace call, the namestr still have the "-" in the original place. What went wrong?
Thank you,
Betty

 

[unclerico]

try

namestr = "Peippp-hua ggSun"
namestr = Replace(namestr, "-", "abc")
Response.Write namestr
Response.End()

 

[920506]

Hi unclerico,
thank you. that works. But when I read the some web pages, it states it is a sub, not a function, so I thought it won't return any value, it will replace the namestr directly. Even asp error message says
replace(namestr, oldvaule, newvalue) should not include "(" because it is a sub.
Maybe I misundertood it.

Thank you!
Betty

 

[onpnt]

Replace "Function" is a built in function in the vbscript scripting engine. You do not use the "Call" method on any built in functions.

The Replace "Method" is something different and requires a instance of the regular expression object