remove commas from string 1

[pugs421]

Is there a "find and relace" function that I can use in actionscript to remove the commas from a string that the user enters into a text field?

I need to remove all commas from a text string.

Thanks

 

[pixl8r]

Try String.split();

Hope it helps.

Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!

 

[pugs421]

That didn't seem to work. I wrote a function to remove the needle from the haystack. Code and example below. I'm sure that there is an easier way to do this simple task, but I need to get this project done.

Thanks.
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function removeChar(haystack,needle){
var needleLocation = haystack.indexOf(needle);
while (needleLocation>= 0) {
haystackPrefix = haystack.substr( 0 , needleLocation);
haystackSuffix = haystack.substr( needleLocation + 1 , length(haystack));
haystack = haystackPrefix + haystackSuffix;
needleLocation = haystack.indexOf(needle);
}
return haystack;
}

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removeChar(_root.inputTextField,",");

 

[wangbar]

Try this - split string into array, then join array back together:

function removeChar(haystack, needle) {
	arr = haystack.split(',');
	return arr.join(' ');
}
strTest = removeChar(_root.inputTextField, ",");
trace(strTest);

 

[pugs421]

Much better. Thanks.