Microsoft KB Archive/210465

= ACC2000: How to Replace a String with Another String =

Article ID: 210465

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q210465



Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.



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

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



