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Replaces existing text with new text in a text string.
SUBSTITUTE(<text>, <old_text>, <new_text>, <instance_num>)
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text | The text in which you want to substitute characters, or a reference to a column containing text. |
old_text | The existing text that you want to replace. |
new_text | The text you want to replace old_text with. |
instance_num | (optional) The occurrence of old_text you want to replace. If omitted, every instance of old_text is replaced |
A string of text.
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Use the SUBSTITUTE function when you want to replace specific text in a text string; use the REPLACE function when you want to replace any text of variable length that occurs in a specific location in a text string.
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The SUBSTITUTE function is case-sensitive. If case does not match between text and old_text, SUBSTITUTE will not replace the text.
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The following formula creates a copy of the column [Product Code] that substitutes the new product code NW for the old product code PA wherever it occurs in the column.
= SUBSTITUTE([Product Code], "NW", "PA")