Replace multiple instances to one

[Anuz]

Hi, 

I have a peculiar situation.

I have a column in a dataset that can have values as below 

002-0002==NON-FINAL/INTERNAL TEST|009-0004==CUSTOM/RELATIONSHIP

002-0002==NON-FINAL/INTERNAL TEST

What I want as output is to replace '==' with just one '='

so desired output 

002-0002=NON-FINAL/INTERNAL TEST|009-0004=CUSTOMER/RELATIONSHIP

002-0002=NON-FINAL/INTERNAL TEST

What function can I use for the same ? 

Thank you. 

[PaigeMiller · Accepted solution]

How about the TRANWRD function? Example:

newstring=tranwrd(oldstring,'==','=');

[Anuz]

@PaigeMiller - thank you . that worked. I had tried translate but that did not treat the two == as one occurence ..