Which of the following statements a), b) or c) is false?
A) Method replace takes two substrings. It searches a string for the substring in its first argument and replaces each occurrence with the substring in its second argument. The method returns a new string containing the results.
B) The following code replaces tab characters with commas: values = '1 2 3 4 5'
Values.replace(' ', ', ')
C) Method replace can receive an optional third argument specifying the maximum number of replacements to perform.
D) All of the above statements are true.

Question

Which of the following statements a), b) or c) is false?
A) Method replace takes two substrings. It searches a string for the substring in its first argument and replaces each occurrence with the substring in its second argument. The method returns a new string containing the results.
B) The following code replaces tab characters with commas: values = '1	2	3	4	5'
Values.replace('	', ', ')
C) Method replace can receive an optional third argument specifying the maximum number of replacements to perform.
D) All of the above statements are true.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The code in statement B is incorrect because it does not assign the result of the replace method to the variable values. Therefore, the original string '1	2	3	4	5' is still stored in the variable values and has not been changed. The correct code should be: 
values = values.replace('	', ', ')

Which of the Following Statements A), B) or C) Is