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 //by Richard Russell, August 2011//\\ \\  If you want to substitute one character for another in a string (for example you want to change every colon '**:**' into a dash '**-**') there's a more efficient and elegant way than looping through each character in turn:\\  //by Richard Russell, August 2011//\\ \\  If you want to substitute one character for another in a string (for example you want to change every colon '**:**' into a dash '**-**') there's a more efficient and elegant way than looping through each character in turn:\\ 
 +<code bb4w>
         REPEAT         REPEAT
           i% = INSTR(A$,":")           i% = INSTR(A$,":")
           IF i% MID$(A$,i%,1) = "-"           IF i% MID$(A$,i%,1) = "-"
         UNTIL i%=0         UNTIL i%=0
 +</code>
 This is particularly efficient in the typical case when not many characters need to be substituted. This is particularly efficient in the typical case when not many characters need to be substituted.
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