String.Replace Method (Char, Char) (System)

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String.Replace Method (Char, Char)

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)
Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Function Replace ( _
	oldChar As Char, _
	newChar As Char _
) As String
C#
public string Replace(
	char oldChar,
	char newChar
)
Visual C++
public:
String^ Replace(
	wchar_t oldChar, 
	wchar_t newChar
)
F#
member Replace : 
        oldChar:char * 
        newChar:char -> string 

Parameters

oldChar
Type: System.Char
The Unicode character to be replaced.
newChar
Type: System.Char
The Unicode character to replace all occurrences of oldChar.

Return Value

Type: System.String
A string that is equivalent to this instance except that all instances of oldChar are replaced with newChar.
Remarks

This method performs an ordinal (case-sensitive and culture-insensitive) search to find oldChar.

Note Note

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.

Examples

The following example creates a comma separated value list by substituting commas for the blanks between a series of numbers.

Visual Basic

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
' The example displays 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"


C#

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"
//


Visual C++

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"
//


Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library
Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
See Also

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