Re: Any easy way to change a string ? and a bug (or maybe a feature ?)

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 14/10/2024 à 17:19, Laurent Carlier a écrit :
> For example:
>
> DIM myString as String ="RETUIOPLJBDNLQSXNKNSXKSXKBSKXKBBB"
>
> I would like to change the 10th character, replacing it with another. I can't
> find an easy way to do it.

Mid$(myString, 10, 1) = "X"

But strings are immutable, so you actually create a new string.

> Is it a bug ?:
>
> DIM myByte as Byte = &hFF&
> DIM myString as String = "test string :"
>
> myString &= CStr(myByte)
>
> gives "test string :0\x00FF" instead of "test string :0\xFF", Byte is
> converted to a Short value, so unusual. As a workaround, i use chr$(myByte)
>
> Regards,
> Laurent Carlier

Yes, but not on the master. Which version of Gambas do you use to get that?

You should get: "test string:255"

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Benoît Minisini.