Updated: March 2009
Returns a new string in which all occurrences of a specified Unicode character in this instance are replaced with another specified Unicode character.
Namespace:
System
Assembly:
mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Function Replace ( _
oldChar As Char, _
newChar As Char _
) As String
Dim instance As String
Dim oldChar As Char
Dim newChar As Char
Dim returnValue As String
returnValue = instance.Replace(oldChar, _
newChar)
public string Replace(
char oldChar,
char newChar
)
public:
String^ Replace(
wchar_t oldChar,
wchar_t newChar
)
public function Replace(
oldChar : char,
newChar : char
) : String
Parameters
- oldChar
- Type: System..::.Char
A Unicode character to be replaced.
- newChar
- Type: System..::.Char
A Unicode character to replace all occurrences of oldChar.
Return Value
Type:
System..::.StringA String equivalent to this instance but with all instances of oldChar replaced with newChar.
This method performs an ordinal (case-sensitive and culture-insensitive) search to find oldChar.
Note: |
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This method does not modify the value of the current instance. Instead, it returns a new string in which all occurrences of oldChar are replaced by newChar. |
The following example creates a comma separated value list by substituting commas for the blanks between a series of numbers.
Imports System
_
Class stringReplace1
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim str As [String] = "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9"
Console.WriteLine("Original string: ""{0}""", str)
Console.WriteLine("CSV string: ""{0}""", str.Replace(" "c, ","c))
End Sub
End Class
'
' This example produces the following output:
' Original string: "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9"
' CSV string: "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9"
'
using System;
class stringReplace1 {
public static void Main() {
String str = "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9";
Console.WriteLine("Original string: \"{0}\"", str);
Console.WriteLine("CSV string: \"{0}\"", str.Replace(' ', ','));
}
}
//
// This example produces the following output:
// Original string: "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9"
// CSV string: "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9"
//
using namespace System;
int main()
{
String^ str = "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9";
Console::WriteLine( "Original string: \"{0}\"", str );
Console::WriteLine( "CSV string: \"{0}\"", str->Replace( ' ', ',' ) );
}
//
// This example produces the following output:
// Original string: "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9"
// CSV string: "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9"
//
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
Reference
Date | History | Reason |
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March 2009
| Modified the member description. |
Customer feedback.
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