poi/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/Replace.java

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package org.apache.poi.ss.formula.functions;

import org.apache.poi.ss.formula.eval.ErrorEval;
import org.apache.poi.ss.formula.eval.EvaluationException;
import org.apache.poi.ss.formula.eval.StringEval;
import org.apache.poi.ss.formula.eval.ValueEval;

/**
 * An implementation of the Excel REPLACE() function:<p>
 * Replaces part of a text string based on the number of characters
 * you specify, with another text string.<br>
 *
 * <b>Syntax</b>:<br>
 * <b>REPLACE</b>(<b>oldText</b>, <b>startNum</b>, <b>numChars</b>, <b>newText</b>)<p>
 *
 * <b>oldText</b>  The text string containing characters to replace<br>
 * <b>startNum</b> The position of the first character to replace (1-based)<br>
 * <b>numChars</b> The number of characters to replace<br>
 * <b>newText</b> The new text value to replace the removed section<br>
 */
public final class Replace extends Fixed4ArgFunction {

	public ValueEval evaluate(int srcRowIndex, int srcColumnIndex, ValueEval arg0, ValueEval arg1,
			ValueEval arg2, ValueEval arg3) {

		String oldStr;
		int startNum;
		int numChars;
		String newStr;
		try {
			oldStr = TextFunction.evaluateStringArg(arg0, srcRowIndex, srcColumnIndex);
			startNum = TextFunction.evaluateIntArg(arg1, srcRowIndex, srcColumnIndex);
			numChars = TextFunction.evaluateIntArg(arg2, srcRowIndex, srcColumnIndex);
			newStr = TextFunction.evaluateStringArg(arg3, srcRowIndex, srcColumnIndex);
		} catch (EvaluationException e) {
			return e.getErrorEval();
		}

		if (startNum < 1 || numChars < 0) {
			return ErrorEval.VALUE_INVALID;
		}
		StringBuilder strBuff = new StringBuilder(oldStr);
		// remove any characters that should be replaced
		if (startNum <= oldStr.length() && numChars != 0) {
			strBuff.delete(startNum - 1, startNum - 1 + numChars);
		}
		// now insert (or append) newStr
		if (startNum > strBuff.length()) {
			strBuff.append(newStr);
		} else {
			strBuff.insert(startNum - 1, newStr);
		}
		return new StringEval(strBuff.toString());
	}
}