Can't Use Parentheses When Calling a Sub - VBScript

Question

I'm writing this code in VBScript, which I haven't used before in my life.

I wrote this: Replace (strContent, st, arr (k,i), 1)

And it gives me a "Can't Use Parentheses When Calling a Sub" problem. Can anyone please help?

I've tried searching online but nothing helped.

Thank you!

This is so popular issue for new in VBScript, `Replace` is Function that return result you s'd assign to variable, like `strResult=Replace(...)` — Panayot Karabakalov, Jul 30 '13 at 13:13

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 31 '13 at 05:18

Found the answer thanks to Panayot Karabakalov.

We tried using a Call and doing it without parentheses:

Replace strContent, st, arr (k,i), 1

But nothing worked. The solution eventually was:

strContent = Replace (strContent, st, arr (k,i), 1)

Thank you everyone for the quick and helpful responses! You guys never let us down.

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 27 '20 at 08:29

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Basically, when you use a procedure or function like this:

Foobar arg1, arg2, arg3

you must not use parentheses around the argument list. When you use the Call keyword or use the return value of a function in an assignment or a condition, then you must use parentheses around the argument list, e.g.:

Call Foobar(arg1, arg2, arg3)

result = Foobar(arg1, arg2, arg3)

If Foobar(arg1, arg2, arg3) Then
  ...
End If

edited Jul 27 '20 at 08:29

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answered Jul 30 '13 at 13:38

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We tried with a "Call" and without parentheses as in your first example and it didn't work. The solution for us was using the return value. – Neta Jul 31 '13 at 05:14

Can't Use Parentheses When Calling a Sub - VBScript

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