REPLACE |
Description Replaces occurrences of substring1 in a string with substring2, in a specified scope. The search is case-sensitive.
Returns The string, after making replacements.
Category String functions
Function syntax
    Replace(string, substring1, substring2 [, scope ])
See also Find, REFind, ReplaceNoCase, ReplaceList, REReplace
Parameters
Usage To remove a string, specify the empty string ("") as substring2. You do not need to escape comma characters in strings. For example, the following code deletes the commas from the sentence:
    replace("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy cow, dog, and
    cat.",",","","All")
Example
    <h3>Replace Example</h3>

    <p>The Replace function returns <I>string</I> with <I>substring1</I>
    replaced by <I>substring2</I> in the specified scope. This
    is a case-sensitive search.

    <cfif IsDefined("FORM.MyString")>
    <p>Your original string, <cfoutput>#FORM.MyString#</cfoutput>
    <p>You wanted to replace the substring <cfoutput>#FORM.MySubstring1#
    </cfoutput>
    with the substring <cfoutput>#FORM.MySubstring2#</cfoutput>.
    <p>The result: <cfoutput>#Replace(FORM.myString,
    FORM.MySubstring1, FORM.mySubString2)#</cfoutput>
    </cfif>

STRING |

A string or a variable that contains one. String in which to search.

SUBSTRING1 |

A string or a variable that contains one. String for which to search

SUBSTRING2 |

String that replaces substring1

SCOPE |

- one: replaces the first occurrence (default)
- all: replaces all occurrences