>>Hi All! How do you extract certain parts of a string. Like I want to replace the first three digits of a field with something. ie. 50-1020 with 95-1020
>>Anything that begins with 50- I want to replace it with 95-
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>>Thanks in advance for your help!
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>>Joe
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>Joe: You can use
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>REPLACE MyField WITH "95-" + SUBS(MyField,4)
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>or also you can use
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>REPLACE MyField WITH STRTRAN(MyField, "50-", "95-")
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>Selects the sentence that but to you agrees

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REPLACE MyField WITH STRTRAN(MyField, "50-", "95-")

Luis,
This code will REPLACE all occurences of "50-" not just at the beginnig of the field.