{"id":1169,"date":"2018-07-01T15:07:42","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T15:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/?p=1169"},"modified":"2023-11-03T11:00:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T11:00:43","slug":"replace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/functions\/replace\/","title":{"rendered":"REPLACE function"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Excel REPLACE Function allows you to replace a specified number of characters within a text string with new text. It’s a useful tool for making changes to your data quickly and efficiently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
REPLACE(old_text, start_num, num_chars, new_text)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Let’s dive into using the REPLACE function with some examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This formula replaces “World” in the text with “Universe,” starting from the 7th character, resulting in “Hello, Universe.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this example, we start at the 8th character and replace the following 2 characters with an empty string, effectively removing them: “OpenAI amazing!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n This formula replaces the first vowel in the text with “X,” making it “Rexplace every vowel with ‘X’.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Excel’s REPLACE function is a handy tool for manipulating text within your spreadsheets. It’s easy to use and can save you a lot of time when you need to make specific changes to your data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Excel REPLACE Function allows you to replace a specified number of characters within a text string with new text. It’s a useful tool…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[180],"yoast_head":"\nArguments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
old_text<\/strong><\/td> The original text in which you want to make replacements.<\/td><\/tr> start_num<\/strong><\/td> The position in the old_text where the replacement should begin.<\/td><\/tr> num_chars<\/strong><\/td> The number of characters to replace in old_text.<\/td><\/tr> new_text<\/strong><\/td> The text that you want to replace the old_text with.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n How to use<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
=REPLACE(\"Hello, World\", 7, 5, \"Universe\")<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
=REPLACE(\"OpenAI is amazing!\", 8, 2, \"\")<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
=REPLACE(\"Replace every vowel with 'X'\", 1, 1, \"X\")<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n