REPLACE


Description Replaces part of a text string with another text string.

Syntax REPLACE ( orig_text, start_position, num_chars, repl_text )

Argument Description
orig_text The original text string.
start_position The character position where the replacement begins.If start_position is greater than the number of characters in orig_text, repl_text is appended to the end of orig_text.If start_position is less than 1, #VALUE! is returned.
num_chars The number of characters to replace. If this argument is negative, #VALUE! is returned.
repl_text The replacement text string.

Examples This function returns "For the year: 1994":

REPLACE("For the year: 1993", 18, 1, "4")

See Also MID, SEARCH, TRIM