Replace x in string with y?

[Ellie]

I'm doing a script where the user types something in, i.e.... "chocolate pies are good". For some reason, I need it to swap all the spaces with a plus sign (+).

Is there a way I can do this easily with RGSS?

For example:

"chocolate pies are good"

Would become:

"chocolate+pies+are+good".

 

[poccil]

You use the gsub method of the String class.  Example:

  string.gsub!(/\s/,"+")

See the RPG Maker XP help file for details.  Note especially the use of a regular expression, where the help file gives further details.

 

[Zeriab]

That would swap all whitespace with +'s, not just spaces.
If you just want to swap spaces you can use this code:

string.gsub!(" ", "+")

The first block can use both a string and a regular expression ^^