REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES

Hi experts,

that's my question;

this is my code :

DATA: spazio(1) VALUE '$'.

DATA: nome TYPE string VALUE '$blabla$blabla$blabla$blabla$'

REPLACE ALL OCCURRENCES OF spazio IN nome WITH space.

Why my result is 'blablablablablablablabla' all condensed ?

where am I wrong ?

Thanx in advance.