Text search/replace

In this section:

• %N.Meb[options]
• Standard call-back functions
• Colouring the text and background
• Text search
• Text search/replace
• Buffer positioning
• Undo operations
• Opening a file
• Inserting text
• Moving around the display
• Deleting text
• Marking blocks
• New CLEARWIN_INFO@ parameters
• Clipboard cut/paste
• Scroll position

INTEGER FUNCTION FIND_REPLACE_EDIT_STRING@(E,STR,REPLACEMENT,  &
       BACKWARDS,WHOLE_WORD,CASE_SENSITIVE,REPLACE_ALL)
INTEGER E(24)              ! EDIT_INFO block
CHARACTER(*) STR           ! String to search for
CHARACTER(*) REPLACE       ! Replacement string
LOGICAL BACKWARDS          ! True to perform backward search
LOGICAL WHOLE_WORD         ! Seek a whole word
LOGICAL CASE_SENSITIVE     ! Case must match
LOGICAL REPLACE_ALL        ! Continue until the end or begining of file

This function searches for the specified string and replaces it with the replacement string. The function returns a count of the number of replacements made.

Alternatively you can pass the window handle instead of the EDIT_INFO.

See also: EDIT_INFO