how to replace certain characters in a include file

[lindajames]

hi everyone,

i have a .inc that i include into my asp pages. however, i need to know how i can find all the £ signs and replace them with $ signs before including the file into the asp page.

any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

cheers

[txbakers]

Is this something you want to do dynamically? If a person is in the US they should see $ and in the UK should see the pound sign?

[lindajames]

no, i just want to replace all the £ signs to $ signs as the content in the include file is fetched and stored in £ sign but i want to change it to $

[txbakers]

so you want to do it at run time, rather than change the file once and totally.

[lindajames]

well it will be better to change the file totally but the problem is that the file updates daily, so if update it once the old £ sign will come back the following day. so i think its better to change it on run time

[Birdman]

I'm with you txbakers, do it manually(once) rather than forcing the server to do it every time.

To do it on the fly, you will need the .inc file's contents in a variable. Then you can use the replace() function.

var=replace(var,"replace-this","with-this")

I'm more a PHP guy, so forgive me if I'm off base here.

[lindajames]

how would i store the .inc file's contents in a variable

[Birdman]

Dim MyFile

MyFile = Request("SomeFileName")

MyFile = replace(MyFile,"This","That")

Response.Write MyFile

Give that a go.

[lindajames]

i've got it to work. but dont know if the code is correct, so if you can verify it i would be very a greatful

<%
Set fs=Server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set f=fs.OpenTextFile(Server.MapPath("test.txt"), 1)

do while f.AtEndOfStream = false
Response.Write replace((f.ReadLine),"£","$")
Response.Write vbCrLf
loop

f.Close
Set f=Nothing
Set fs=Nothing

%>