Replace the first character in a String with blank

String a = dgramRsp.getAddress().toString();
a = a.replace('/','');The problem with the first statement is that it returns an ip address with a '/' in front of it. Like so.../192.168.0.190
I need to get rid of the '/'. The replace won't work because it wants a character between the ' '. Thanks for your time.

I had to think about it for a sec but yes you're
right.
InetAddress a = dgramRsp.getAddress();
String b = a.getHostAddress();
substring(1) would have worked, too, but it would have been redundant (removing a previously added slash).

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Replacing a special character in a string with another string

Hi
I need to replace a special character in a string with another string.
Say there is a string - "abc's def's are alphabets"
and i need to replace all the ' (apostrophe) with &apos& ..which should look like as below
"abc&apos&s def&apos&s are alphabets" .
Kindly let me know how this requirement can be met.
Regards
Sukumari

REPLACE
Syntax Forms
Pattern-based replacement
1. REPLACE [{FIRST OCCURRENCE}|{ALL OCCURRENCES} OF]
pattern
          IN [section_of] dobj WITH new
          [IN {BYTE|CHARACTER} MODE]
          [{RESPECTING|IGNORING} CASE]
          [REPLACEMENT COUNT rcnt]
          { {[REPLACEMENT OFFSET roff]
             [REPLACEMENT LENGTH rlen]}
          | [RESULTS result_tab|result_wa] }.
Position-based replacement
2. REPLACE SECTION [OFFSET off] [LENGTH len] OF dobj WITH new
                  [IN {BYTE|CHARACTER} MODE].
Effect
This statement replaces characters or bytes of the variable dobj by characters or bytes of the data object new. Here, position-based and pattern-based replacement are possible.
When the replacement is executed, an interim result without a length limit is implicitly generated and the interim result is transferred to the data object dobj. If the length of the interim result is longer than the length of dobj, the data is cut off on the right in the case of data objects of fixed length. If the length of the interim result is shorter than the length of dobj, data objects of fixed length are filled to the right with blanks or hexadecimal zeroes. Data objects of variable length are adjusted. If data is cut off to the right when the interim result is assigned, sy-subrc is set to 2.
In the case of character string processing, the closing spaces are taken into account for data objects dobj of fixed length; they are not taken into account in the case of new.
System fields
sy-subrc Meaning
0 The specified section or subsequence was replaced by the content of new and the result is available in full in dobj.
2 The specified section or subsequence was replaced in dobj by the contents of new and the result of the replacement was cut off to the right.
4 The subsequence in sub_string was not found in dobj in the pattern-based search.
8 The data objects sub_string and new contain double-byte characters that cannot be interpreted.
Note
These forms of the statement REPLACE replace the following obsolete form:
REPLACE sub_string WITH
Syntax
REPLACE sub_string WITH new INTO dobj
        [IN {BYTE|CHARACTER} MODE]
        [LENGTH len].
Extras:
1. ... IN {BYTE|CHARACTER} MODE
2. ... LENGTH len
Effect
This statement searches through a byte string or character string dobj for the subsequence specified in sub_string and replaces the first byte or character string in dobj that matches sub_string with the contents of the data object new.
The memory areas of sub_string and new must not overlap, otherwise the result is undefined. If sub_string is an empty string, the point before the first character or byte of the search area is found and the content of new is inserted before the first character.
During character string processing, the closing blank is considered for data objects dobj, sub_string and new of type c, d, n or t.
System Fields
sy-subrc Meaning
0 The subsequence in sub_string was replaced in the target field dobj with the content of new.
4 The subsequence in sub_string could not be replaced in the target field dobj with the contents of new.
Note
This variant of the statement REPLACE will be replaced, beginning with Release 6.10, with a new variant.
Addition 1
... IN {BYTE|CHARACTER} MODE
Effect
The optional addition IN {BYTE|CHARACTER} MODE determines whether byte or character string processing will be executed. If the addition is not specified, character string processing is executed. Depending on the processing type, the data objects sub_string, new, and dobj must be byte or character type.
Addition 2
... LENGTH len
Effect
If the addition LENGTH is not specified, all the data objects involved are evaluated in their entire length. If the addition LENGTH is specified, only the first len bytes or characters of sub_string are used for the search. For len, a data object of the type i is expected.
If the length of the interim result is longer than the length of dobj, data objects of fixed length will be cut off to the right. If the length of the interim result is shorter than the length of dobj, data objects of fixed length are filled to the right with blanks or with hexadecimal 0. Data objects of variable length are adapted.
Example
After the replacements, text1 contains the complete content "I should know that you know", while text2 has the cut-off content "I should know that".
DATA:   text1      TYPE string       VALUE 'I know you know',
        text2(18) TYPE c LENGTH 18 VALUE 'I know you know',
        sub_string TYPE string       VALUE 'know',
        new        TYPE string       VALUE 'should know that'.
REPLACE sub_string WITH new INTO text1.
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How to replace a character in a string with blank space.

Hi,
How to replace a character in a string with blank space.
Note:
I have to change string CL_DS_1===========CM01 to CL_DS_1 CM01.
i.e) I have to replace '=' with ' '.
I have already tried with REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF '=' IN temp_fill_string WITH ' '
Its not working.

Hi,
Try with this..
call method textedit- >replace_all
exporting
 case_sensitive_mode = case_sensitive_mode
 replace_string = replace_string
 search_string = search_string
 whole_word_mode = whole_word_mode
changing
 counter = counter
exceptions
 error_cntl_call_method = 1
 invalid_parameter = 2.
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case_sensitive_mode Upper-/lowercase false Do not observe (default value)
 true Observe
replace_string Text to replace the
 occurrences of
 SEARCH_STRING
search_string Text to be replaced
whole_word_mode Only replace whole words false Find whole words and
parts of words (default
value)
 true Only find whole words
counter Return value specifying how
 many times the search string
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Try this
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If I have a string:
"%s is the %s I am referring to"
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I was thinking parsing it into seperate strings using substr and instr but, I'm not sure if that's overkill or not.
Replace is ideal but - it replaces every occurrence so - you can state just replace the first occurrence with one value and the second with another (i.e. if the desired result after replacing the above string was supposed to be "This is the string I am referring to"
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Hi,
wtlshiers wrote:
If I have a string:
"%s is the %s I am referring to"
and - I want to replace the %s occurrences with DIFFERENT values... what's the best way to do this.Whenever you have a question, please post CREATE TABLE and INSERT statements for a little sample data, and the results you want from that data.
Explain how you get those results from that data.
Always say which version of Oracle you're using (e.g. 11.2.0.3.0).
See the forum FAQ {message:id=9360002}
I was thinking parsing it into seperate strings using substr and instr but, I'm not sure if that's overkill or not.Depending on your requirements, you might need to do that.
Replace is ideal but - it replaces every occurrence so - you can state just replace the first occurrence with one value and the second with another (i.e. if the desired result after replacing the above string was supposed to be "This is the string I am referring to"As you said, REPLACE changes all occurrences. There's no way to tell it (for example) to change only the first one.
REGEXP_REPLACE, is a lot more flexible. It does have an option for giving a specific occurrence, but you may not even need that feature. You might just want something like
REGEXP_REPLACE ( '%s is the %s I am referring to'
            , '(.*)%s(.*)%s(.*)'
            , '\1This\2string\3'
            )It all depends on your data and your requirements.
Are the new values (such as 'This' and 'string') fixed, or can they change from row to row?
Will you always have 2 (or some known number) of '%s's in the original string?
Does '%' always signal something that is to be replaced? If not, how can you tell when it does and when it doesn't?
Does 's' always come right after '%'? If not, what are the possibilites, and what do the different characters signify?

Strip the first character from a string

i am trying to strip the leftmost character from a string
using the following:
<cfset Charges.DTL_CHG_AMT_EDIT =
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i keep getting the following error:
Parameter 2 of function Right which is now -1 must be a
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> RemoveChars() much easier than Right()? How so?
Semantically, if the object of the exercise is to *REMOVE
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Any easier way to replace the last character of a string?

this is what I got:
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tjgb005dy_01_31_01and I am not quite fond of it. it looks ugly and it is long.
so, I wonder if you guys have better ideas?
Thanks

(Perhaps with replace there is no easier solution than the primary posted.)Well, look where I ended up...
SQL> -- generating sample data:
SQL> with t as ( select 'tjgb005dy_01_31_08' str from dual union
2              select 'tjgb005dy_01_31_03' from dual union
3              select '888888888888888888' from dual
4            )
5 --
6 -- actual query
7 --
8 select str
9 ,      case
10           when substr(str, -1) = 8
11           then
12             substr(str, 1, length(str)-1)||'1'
13           else
14             str
15         end
16 from t;
STR                CASEWHENSUBSTR(STR,-1)=8THENSU
888888888888888888 888888888888888881
tjgb005dy_01_31_03 tjgb005dy_01_31_03
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TestStand database logging problem: only the first character is put in the table.

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while (partDesc.equals("\b") == false) That compares partDesc to a string consisting of one backspace character. I suspect you're trying to use the regex word-boundary anchor, but that's a dead end. If you want to stop beheading the string when the regex stops matching, you can write the code exactly that way: class Testar {
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Hi,
wtlshiers wrote:
If I have a string:
"%s is the %s I am referring to"
and - I want to replace the %s occurrences with DIFFERENT values... what's the best way to do this.Whenever you have a question, please post CREATE TABLE and INSERT statements for a little sample data, and the results you want from that data.
Explain how you get those results from that data.
Always say which version of Oracle you're using (e.g. 11.2.0.3.0).
See the forum FAQ {message:id=9360002}
I was thinking parsing it into seperate strings using substr and instr but, I'm not sure if that's overkill or not.Depending on your requirements, you might need to do that.
Replace is ideal but - it replaces every occurrence so - you can state just replace the first occurrence with one value and the second with another (i.e. if the desired result after replacing the above string was supposed to be "This is the string I am referring to"As you said, REPLACE changes all occurrences. There's no way to tell it (for example) to change only the first one.
REGEXP_REPLACE, is a lot more flexible. It does have an option for giving a specific occurrence, but you may not even need that feature. You might just want something like
REGEXP_REPLACE ( '%s is the %s I am referring to'
            , '(.*)%s(.*)%s(.*)'
            , '\1This\2string\3'
            )It all depends on your data and your requirements.
Are the new values (such as 'This' and 'string') fixed, or can they change from row to row?
Will you always have 2 (or some known number) of '%s's in the original string?
Does '%' always signal something that is to be replaced? If not, how can you tell when it does and when it doesn't?
Does 's' always come right after '%'? If not, what are the possibilites, and what do the different characters signify?

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