Use Pat Match to Replace Multiple Instances of a Pattern?

nikles

Hi.  Suppose I have a string containing multiple instances of the same pattern.  I can use Pat Match to replace the first instance, but is there a pattern expression I could use to replace all instances?

 

Example:

sample = "baazaaaa";
x = "a" | "b";
rc = Pat Match(sample, x, "c"); 
Show(sample);             //Returns "caazaaaa", but I want "ccczcccc"

The Substitute or Munger commands would work, but I'm specifically looking to see if Pat Match can do the same.

David_Burnham

You can of course use the return code to comntrol iteration within a while loop

sample = "baazaaaa";
x = "a" | "b";
success = 1;
While(success,
	success=Pat Match(sample, x, "c")
);
show(sample)

But I'm guessing you would like to do it all with an appropriate pattern definition.