Find certain words in a text field

[bounceboy]

Hi everybody!

I have had alot of ideas for a chatroom but there's a few problems... i want to make sure certain words can't be said!

I don't want swearing, but I would like to just change the swearing to other things so that the message will still be sent and not just be annoying.

eg: F*** can be fudge
S*** can be Shoot

etc.

please tell me, and i don't want to have to be using PHP!!!

[a_modified_dog]

does this method work for you ?
on stage -
input textfield - instance name - inp
button - instance name - btn

exclWords = ["f*ck","sh*t","a*s"]; // fill in the blanks 
inclWords = ["fudge","shoot","uss"];

btn.onRelease = function(){
findWords(inp.text);
};

function findWords(str){
temp = str.split(" ");
for(var v=0;v!=exclWords.length;v++){
for(var w=0;w!=temp.length;w++){
if(temp[w] == exclWords[v]){
str = str.split(temp[w]).join(inclWords[v]);
}
}
}
sendTxt(str);
};

function sendTxt(newStr){
trace(newStr);
}; 

[bounceboy]

thank you very much a_modified_dog

unless you are doing something, would you mind explaining the script?

i am new to arrays.

[a_modified_dog]

excluded words in array - exclWords
replacement words in array - inclWords

on button press -
send inp.text to function - findWords(inp.text);
split inp.text to array - temp
cycle thro' temp comparing against exclWords
if an exclWord is found, replace it with inclWord
when complete, send the new string to function sendTxt and display in output window.

[bounceboy]

thank u once again!