Replace() and .Replace() won't function for me?

[Yellownakji]

I tried:

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if n.contains("<") then replace(n,"<","")
if n.contains("?") then n.replace("?","")


Looking for illegal characters, basically...

Nothing happens.  What am i doing wrong?.....

[therevills]

If I recall correctly replace is a function call. so you need to assign it to a variable:

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if n.contains("<") then n = replace(n,"<","")

[Yellownakji]

If I recall correctly replace is a function call. so you need to assign it to a variable:

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if n.contains("<") then n = replace(n,"<","")

Thank you!

[Henri]

Every string has a Replace-method, so you can also write:

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if n.contains("<") then n = n.replace("<","")

Only gain using the method version is that Replace-function is part of BRL.Retro module, and by not using it, you can reduce few bytes from your executable size.

-Henri