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  <RefEntryTitle>string-replace</RefEntryTitle>
  <RefMiscInfo Role="file">dblib.dsl</RefMiscInfo>
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  <RefName>string-replace</RefName>
  <RefPurpose>Replace all occurances of a target substring in a string</RefPurpose>
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<RefSynopsisDiv><Title>Synopsis</Title>
<Synopsis>
(string-replace string target repl)
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<RefSect1><Title>Description</Title>

<para>
Replaces all occurances of <literal>target</literal> in <literal>string</literal> with <literal>repl</literal>.</para>


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<RefSect1><Title>Author</Title>

<para>
Norman Walsh, &lt;ndw@nwalsh.com&gt;
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(define (string-replace string target repl)
  ;; Replace all occurances of a target substring in a string
  (let loop ((str string) (pos 0))
    (if (>= pos (string-length str))
	str
	(loop (repl-substring str target repl pos) 
	      (if (repl-substring? str target pos)
		  (+ (string-length repl) pos)
		  (+ 1 pos))))))
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