[asterisk-bugs] [Asterisk 0015223]: [patch] New asterisk function REPLACE

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https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=15223 
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Reported By:                ajohnson
Assigned To:                lmadsen
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Project:                    Asterisk
Issue ID:                   15223
Category:                   Functions/func_strings
Reproducibility:            N/A
Severity:                   feature
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     ready for testing
Target Version:             1.8
Asterisk Version:           SVN 
JIRA:                       SWP-283 
Regression:                 No 
Reviewboard Link:            
SVN Branch (only for SVN checkouts, not tarball releases):  trunk 
SVN Revision (number only!): 197994 
Request Review:              
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Date Submitted:             2009-05-29 12:02 CDT
Last Modified:              2009-11-18 11:20 CST
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Summary:                    [patch] New asterisk function REPLACE
Description: 
[Synopsis]
Replace a set of characters with another character in a given string


[Description]
Iterates through a string replacing all the <find-chars> with
<replace-char>.
NOTE: <replace-char> may be either empty or contain one character

[Syntax]
REPLACE(find-chars,replace-char,string)

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 (0113942) lmadsen (administrator) - 2009-11-18 11:20
 https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=15223#c113942 
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PASSTHRU() works as expected.

    -- Executing [200 at phones:2] Set("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000",
"count=1") in new stack
    -- Executing [200 at phones:3] Set("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000",
"myString=this-is-my-custom-string") in new stack
    -- Executing [200 at phones:4] Set("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000",
"totalFields=5") in new stack
    -- Executing [200 at phones:5] NoOp("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000",
"--START--") in new stack
    -- Executing [200 at phones:6] While("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000", "1") in
new stack
    -- Executing [200 at phones:7] NoOp("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000", "this")
in new stack
    -- Executing [200 at phones:8] Set("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000",
"count=2") in new stack
    -- Executing [200 at phones:9] EndWhile("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000", "")
in new stack
    -- Executing [200 at phones:6] While("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000", "1") in
new stack
    -- Executing [200 at phones:7] NoOp("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000", "is") in
new stack
    -- Executing [200 at phones:8] Set("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000",
"count=3") in new stack
    -- Executing [200 at phones:9] EndWhile("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000", "")
in new stack
    -- Executing [200 at phones:6] While("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000", "1") in
new stack
    -- Executing [200 at phones:7] NoOp("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000", "my") in
new stack
    -- Executing [200 at phones:8] Set("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000",
"count=4") in new stack
    -- Executing [200 at phones:9] EndWhile("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000", "")
in new stack
    -- Executing [200 at phones:6] While("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000", "1") in
new stack
    -- Executing [200 at phones:7] NoOp("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000",
"custom") in new stack
    -- Executing [200 at phones:8] Set("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000",
"count=5") in new stack
    -- Executing [200 at phones:9] EndWhile("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000", "")
in new stack
    -- Executing [200 at phones:6] While("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000", "1") in
new stack
    -- Executing [200 at phones:7] NoOp("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000",
"string") in new stack
    -- Executing [200 at phones:8] Set("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000",
"count=6") in new stack
    -- Executing [200 at phones:9] EndWhile("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000", "")
in new stack
    -- Executing [200 at phones:6] While("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000", "0") in
new stack
    -- Executing [200 at phones:10] NoOp("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000", "--ALL
DONE--") in new stack






Hmmm... well it works as advertised, but I expected REPLACE() to replace a
string with another string.

i.e. I could replace 'abc' with 'ABC'.

Here is the output for REPLACE() in some tests (working as expected)

- Executing [100 at phones:2] Set("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000",
"originalVariable=123abc789xyzHELLO") in new stack
    -- Executing [100 at phones:3] NoOp("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000",
"Standard test on numbers: Get '444abc789xyzHELLO'") in new stack
    -- Executing [100 at phones:4] NoOp("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000",
"Standard test on string: Get '123yyy789xyzHELLO'") in new stack
    -- Executing [100 at phones:5] NoOp("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000", "String
replace: Get '123abc789xyzhhhhh'") in new stack
    -- Executing [100 at phones:6] NoOp("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000", "Case
match: Get '123abc789xyzHELLO'") in new stack
    -- Executing [100 at phones:7] NoOp("SIP/0004f2040001-00000000", "Case
replace: Get '123Abc789xyzHELLO'") in new stack 

Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2009-11-18 11:20 lmadsen        Note Added: 0113942                          
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