\name{replaceAll}
\alias{replaceAll}
\title{Replace all occurences of a specified character in a string by a new character}
\description{
  \code{replaceAll} This function helps to replace characters in a string or vector of strings. 
}
\usage{
replaceAll(x,old,new)
}
\arguments{
  \item{x}{The string or vector of strings where the replacements should occurr.}
  \item{old}{The character or vector of characters that should be replaced.}
  \item{new}{The character or vector of characters with whom the old characters should be replaced.}
}
\details{
This function replaces single characters with others. 
}
%\references{}
\author{Johannes Rainer}

\seealso{
	\code{\link{replaces}}
}

\examples{
test <- c("zes","i have","an american","kezboard lazout")
replaceAll(test,old="z","y")
replaceAll(test,old=c("z","h"),new=c("y","d"))
}

\keyword{data}