Jeff Vance recently posted, under the REPL command:
<<
|Silly examples!  Is there any value to this function?  If not I will
delete
|the code.
|
|
|DEBLANK(str[,start]) - deblank string.  All blanks in str are removed
|Deleted.  Use repl(str," ","").
>>
 
Presumably if you deleted the REPL function (please don't), you would
re-add deblank().
 
A few years ago, a client implemented repl() with a command file. I know
they had a definite use for it (though I don't recall what).
 
Bottom line: Please keep repl(), and in its documentation mention that
new_str may be the null string.
 
Thank you!
 
--Glenn Cole
  Software al dente, Inc.
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