hi all

how do I repalce a given number of chrs in a string with *'s?

example
card :1234567890123456789
I want to display / print
card :12345678***********

any advice is welcome

Use the function called "MID$".
The parameters are MID$(input string, start position, how many chars do you want to take).

Also you could have a try with "RIGHT$()"

Take a look at the QB Help!

Good luck!

You would use MID$ like this (following your example):

position = 9
card$ = "1234567890123456789"
MID$(card$,position) = "***********"
PRINT card$

You don't need to specify the number of characters to replace. It will only replace to the length of the string (or to the length specified, if you specify a length, but no longer than the length of the string).

That worked perfectly Thanks Cyperium :D

You're welcome, admittedly John already showed you which function to use, but I felt that you might have been confused as to how you would use it. I don't have internet at home right now so I might be slow on responding.