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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Find character and Replace character for given position Post 302739001 by Sara183 on Monday 3rd of December 2012 12:02:33 PM
Old 12-03-2012
Hi,

I want to replace the whole position 284-298 to character 'O' if this '-' character occurs in that position. Above mentioned thread will replace only 289 position.

This is how my file will be


Code:
15628 27243 LM INS CORP                                                             QQ1234567977011 SPIDLE CONTRACTING LLC                                          21MI 10 13 2006 03 04 2010 05       Premium Recovered - First Attorney 00000050000-00000012000 00000000000 00000000000 B00000000399225
15628 27243 LM INS CORP                                                             QQ1234567977011 SOUTH CAROLINA HURRICANES                                       20SC 01 09 2011 09 15 2012 20                         Audit Adjustment 00000490000 00000000000 00000000000 00000000000 B090712-0013001


And i need to find if '-' present in that string B090712-0013001, then replace the whole string with "O".

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Did anyone know the how to achieve this?

Last edited by Scott; 12-04-2012 at 01:04 PM.. Reason: Code tags
 

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XmTextPosToXY(3X)														 XmTextPosToXY(3X)

NAME
XmTextPosToXY - A Text function that accesses the x and y position of a character position SYNOPSIS
#include <Xm/Text.h> Boolean XmTextPosToXY (widget, position, x, y) Widget widget; XmTextPosition position; Position *x; Position *y; DESCRIPTION
XmTextPosToXY accesses the x and y position, relative to the upper left corner of the Text widget, of a given character position in the text buffer. Specifies the Text widget ID Specifies the character position in the text for which the x and y position is accessed. This is an integer number of characters from the beginning of the buffer. The first character position is 0. Specifies the pointer in which the x position, relative to the upper left corner of the widget, is returned. This value is meaningful only if the function returns True. Specifies the pointer in which the y position, relative to the upper left corner of the widget, is returned. This value is meaningful only if the function returns True. For a complete definition of Text and its associated resources, see XmText(3X). RETURN VALUE
This function returns True if the character position is displayed in the Text widget; otherwise, it returns False, and no x or y value is returned. SEE ALSO
XmText(3X) XmTextPosToXY(3X)
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