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* Excel and the forthcoming ODFF standard allow <tt>'''length'''</tt> to be zero.

Revision as of 16:06, 13 September 2008


REPLACE

Replaces part of a text string with a different text string.

Syntax:

REPLACE(originaltext; startposition; length; newtext)

in originaltext, removes length characters beginning at character startposition, replaces them with newtext, and returns the result.
startposition and length must be 1 or more.

Example:

REPLACE("mouse"; 2; 3; "ic")

returns mice. Beginning at character position 2, 3 characters (ous) are removed and replaced by ic.

See also:

SUBSTITUTE, FIND, SEARCH

Text functions

Functions listed alphabetically, Functions listed by category

Issues:

  • Excel and the forthcoming ODFF standard allow length to be zero.
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