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Stringreplace - replace one or more substrings found within a string sysutils unit

function StringReplace ( const SourceString, OldPattern, NewPattern : string; Flags : TReplaceFlags ) : string; Description The StringReplace function replaces the first or all occurences of a substring OldPattern in SourceString with NewPattern according to Flags settings. The changed string is returned. The Flags may be none, one, or both of these set values: rfReplaceAll : Change all occurrences rfIgnoreCase : Ignore case when searching These values are specified in square brackets, as in the example. Related commands AnsiReplaceStr Replaces a part of one string with another Concat Concatenates one or more strings into one string Copy Create a copy of part of a string or an array Delete Delete a section of characters from a string Insert Insert a string into another string Move Copy bytes of data from a source to a destination StuffString Replaces a part of one string with another WrapText Add line feeds into a string to simulate word wrap Example code : Change a to THE in a sentence var before, after : string; begin // Try to replace all occurrences of a or A to THE before := 'This is a way to live A big life'; after := StringReplace(before, ' a ', ' THE ', [rfReplaceAll, rfIgnoreCase]); ShowMessage('Before = '+before); ShowMessage('After = '+after); end; Show full unit code Before = This is a way to live A big life After = This is THE way to live THE big life