[RESOLVED] [MX04] String search & Replace with TextFormat??

[designforce]

Good morning all,

I am attempting to simplify things further to speed development, so here goes.

Below is a script I picked up sometime back, and it has served me well. However, I would now like to extend it by having the new text, in this case 'Betty Rubble.....' assigned the color 'blue' without having to manually identfy it's location in the string (7, 35, blue) as I am no doing by using the tip I picked up yesterday--it is the last line of the script below.

Any ideas or assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Code:

String.prototype.searchReplace = function(find, replace) {
return this.split(find).join(replace);
};
blue = new TextFormat();
blue.color = 0x0000FF;
var myString = "This is Fred Flinstone at the Bedrock Inn.";
base.text = myString;
trace(myString);
btn.onRelease = function() {
var newString = myString.searchReplace("Fred Flinstone", "Betty Rubble, Barney's wife,");
trace(newString);
base.text = newString;
trace(newString);

base.setTextFormat(7, 35, blue);
};

[hum]

Hi
Maybe identify the strings that don't need replacing instead?
Then whatever text you assign to the newString var will automatically be colored blue.

code:

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String.prototype.searchReplace = function(find, replace) {

	return this.split(find).join(replace);

};

blue = new TextFormat();

blue.color = 0x0000FF;

var myString = "This is Fred Flinstone at the Bedrock Inn.";

var firstKeptString = 7;

var endKeptString = 19;

base.text = myString;

trace(myString);

btn.onRelease = function() {

	var newString = myString.searchReplace("Fred Flinstone", "Betty Rubble, Barney's wife,");

	trace(newString.length);

	base.text = newString;

	trace(newString);

	base.setTextFormat(firstKeptString, newString.length-endKeptString, blue);

};

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[designforce]

Thanks Hum!

Works great!