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  1. /* repchar function Copyright 1992 by Chuck Steenburgh
  2.  
  3.    This function will replace all instances of a given character
  4.    in a string with another
  5.    
  6.    repchar accepts the following arguments:
  7.    
  8.    char *s - string in which character(s) are to be replaced
  9.    char c  - character to be replaced
  10.    char r  - replacement character
  11.    
  12.    Returns:  number of character replaced
  13.                                                                          */
  14.  
  15. int repchar(char *s, char c, char r)
  16.     
  17. {
  18.     /* local variable */
  19.     int counter=0;
  20.     
  21.     while (s = strchr(s,c)) {
  22.         *s = r;
  23.         counter++;
  24.     }
  25.     
  26.     return counter;
  27. }
  28.