ACC2000: How to Replace a String with Another String

• Microsoft Access 2000

SUMMARY

This article shows you how to replace one string with another string.

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MORE INFORMATION

If you wanted to replace one string with another string in earlier versions of Microsoft Access, you had to create a user-defined function to accomplish the task. Access 2000 supplies that functionality for you with the Replace() function. To replace one string with another string, follow these steps:

1. Create a module and type the following line in the Declarations section if it is not already there:




Option Explicit 

2. Type the following procedure:




 
Sub TestReplace()

   Dim strPhrase As String
   Dim strOldWord As String
   Dim strNewWord As String
    
   strPhrase = "Microsoft Access 97"
   strOldWord = "97"
   strNewWord = "2000"
    
   strPhrase = Replace(strPhrase, strOldWord, strNewWord, 1, -1)
    
   MsgBox strPhrase

End Sub 

3. To test this function, type the following line in the Immediate window, and then press ENTER:

   
   TestReplace 

   Note that the following message is displayed:




Microsoft Access 2000

REFERENCES

For more information about the Replace() Function, click Microsoft Access Help on the Help menu, type "Replace Function" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

Additional query words: substitute

Keywords : kbprg kbdta AccCon KbVBA
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo