replacechar            package:cwhstring            R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     'replacechar' replaces a character in a string by another

_U_s_a_g_e:

     replacechar(str, char = "_", newchar = ".")

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

     str: The string to be altered.

    char: The character to be replaced.

 newchar: The character to replace with.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     The altered string.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Christian W. Hoffmann, christian.hoffmann@wsl.ch, <URL:
     http://www.wsl.ch/staff/christian.hoffmann>

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     replacechar("my_queer_file,name") # "my.queer.file,name"
     replacechar("my_queer_file,name","m","M") # "My.queer.file,naMe"

