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    Checking if a character in a string exists at the end of a variable length string and replacing.


    I have a string that should have an * at the end of the string. The string is variable in length. What i am trying to do is make sure that it is an * and then replace it with a ;. I used InStrRev to find if it is there but i am not surer how to replace it after i find it. Any help or advice on where to get examples of what i am trying to do would be great. I have been googling it all morning and have not found anything more than the InStrRev part. Thank you. --Walker

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    if right(sText,1) = "*" then replace(sText,"*","a")

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    Only use ";" instead of "a".
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    i couldnt find the replace function for access. I only found it for excel. Thank you.

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