Thursday, September 13, 2012

TRANSLATE


TRANSLATE : SUBSTITUTES ONE CHARACTER/BIT WITH ANOTHER

SYNTAX:  TRANSLATE(X,Y,Z)

X = SOURCE STRING
Y = REPLACEMENT STRING
Z = POSITION STRING

EX: TRANSLATE(X, Y, Z);

X= '1GOLDEN'
Y='ABCSILVER'
Z='WXYGOLDEN'

NOW FOR EACH CHARACTER OF X, A SEARCH OF Z IS MADE AND IF MATCH IS FOUND THE CORRESPONDING POSITIONAL CHARACTER IN Y IS RETURNED.

SO AFTER EXECUTING TRANSLATE(X,Y,Z), THE X BECOMES '1SILVER'