Excel REPLACE function Author: Xiaoyang Last Modified: 2024-10-28 The REPLACE function in Excel can help you to find and replace characters based on given location from text string with a new text. Take the below screenshot as example, replace 4 characters (2019) which start at the fifth...
=REPLACE(B3,4,1,"")The SUBSTITUTE function should be used when the string of text to be replaced is known, or a whole word or words are being replaced, like our fox example used earlier.REPLACE in Google SheetsThe REPLACE Function works exactly the same in Google Sheets as in Excel:...
If the text value of new_text is not enclosed in double quotes, the function returns a #NAME? error. Examples of REPLACE Function As the REPLACE function accepts several arguments, let's understand the basic functionality with the help of an example. Example 1 – Basic Functionality of REPLAC...
Example 1 – Using Excel FIND and REPLACE Functions Steps: Create a new column (Actor’s Short Name, here) and enter the following formula in D5. =REPLACE(C5,1,FIND(" ",C5),LEFT(C5,1)&". ") The REPLACE function takes C5 as a reference, counts data until the FIND function finds...
Now let’s have a look at some examples to see how the REPLACE function can be used in Excel.Example 1 – Replace Text with BlankSuppose you have the following data set and you want to replace the text “ID-” and only want to keep the numeric part.You can do this by using the ...
This article describes the formula syntax and usage of theREPLACEfunction in Microsoft Excel. Description REPLACE replaces part of a text string, based on the number of characters you specify, with a different text string. Syntax REPLACE(old_text, start_num, num_chars, new_text) ...
The REPLACE function can be nested, to make multiple replacements in the old text string. In this example, each phone number needs to have two hyphens inserted: after the first 3 numbers after the second 3 numbers NOTE: None of the existing characters in the phone number should be removed ...
The REPLACE function in Excel is designed to work with text strings. Of course, you can use it to replace numeric characters that are part of a text string, for example: =REPLACE(A2, 7, 4, "2016") Notice that we enclose "2016" in double quotes as you usually do with text values....
VBA Replace Function – Example #1 We have sample data of some sentences where we will replace one word andpastethat updated sentence in Sentence B Column. Follow the below steps to use the Replace function in Excel VBA. Step 1:Go to VBA and select Module in the Insert menu tab. ...
The result of the SEARCH formula is used in place of the start_num argument of the REPLACE function. With the above formula, when text strings do not contain the substring searched for, Excel will return a #VALUE! error. This can be avoided by using the IFERROR function to return an ...