Name: replaceS() - search and replace with offset
Author: senocular: www.senocular.com
Date: 1899-12-31T00:46:54.100
Documentation:
String REPLACES: yet another search and replace, though with the
option of an offset.
Arguments:
- str: string segment to find in the entire string to replace with...
- rep: the string which replaces str
- off: (optional) the offset from which the replacing will start. 0 is the beginning of the
string. If negative, the offset would start from the end of the string where -1 is the last
character in the string and replace backwards up until the offset.
Returns:
- the new string created from replacing all instances of str within offseted portion with rep
Example:
myString = "aaaaa"
trace(myString.replace("a","b")); // bbbbb
trace(myString.replace("a","b",2)); // bbaaa
trace(myString.replace("a","b",-2)); // aaabb
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String.prototype.replaceS = function (str, rep, chr) {
var t = (chr < 0) ? this.substr(chr) : this.substr(0,chr);
var s = str.length;
var r = rep.length;
var p = t.indexOf(str);
while (p != -1){
t = t.substr(0,p) + rep + t.substr(p+s);
p = t.indexOf(str,p+r);
}
return (chr) ? (chr < 0) ? this.substr(0,this.length+chr)+t : t+this.substr(chr) : t;
}
