Hi all,

How do I substitute text strings that are _not_ part of a larger text string. For example, if I want to substitute all the 'ark's within a text field with 'arrak' -- I want to make sure the substitution only works on the word 'ark' - but not on for example: 'bark'. In short:

bla ark bla should become : bla arrak bla

bla ark, bla : should become : bla arrak, bla

BUT

bla bark bla : should become : bla bark bla

I have a feeling this is not difficult -- but I am hitting a wall and figured I'd throw this out there.

Thanks,

The Substitute function respects spaces. So

Substitute ( field, " ark ", " arrak ")

The glitch is if you have sentences with " ark." or " ark?" or " ark," etc., ":", "!".

In which case you just have to nest Substitutes:

Substitute (Substitute (Substitute ( field, " ark ", "arrak"), " ark.", " arrak."), " ark,", " arrak,")

You can use globals for the parameters, so one script will do any word:

_gFind

_gRepace