>>>>Hi Gregory,
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>>>>I've run that code, but it doesn't do what I need. I want to replace the numbers with X, e.g. the resulting string should be
>>>>'abcXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXfd'
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>>>Shouldn't be difficult, use option (2) slightly altered
>>>
>>So, do I understand correctly it's not easy with replace? E.g. I've tried:
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>You're mixing things - see my other reply - and read and digest the pages I pointed to
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Yes, I figured that one already. I guess I need to instantiate the object once as part of the global appObj, right? I don't want to slow down one of our main procedures.