<div class="raw-html-embed">	<p>The <b>SUBSTITUTE</b> function is one of the <a href="../../docs/userguides/spreadsheet_editor/InsertFunction.aspx#textdata" onclick="onhyperlinkclick(this)">text and data functions</a>. Is used to replace a set of characters with a new one.</p>

	<h5 class="pt8">Syntax</h5>
	<p><b><em>SUBSTITUTE(text, old_text, new_text, [instance_num])</em></b></p>
	<p>The <b>SUBSTITUTE</b> function has the following arguments:</p>
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				<th style="background-color: #f4f4f4" width="150ch"><b>Argument</b></th>
				<th style="background-color: #f4f4f4"><b>Description</b></th>
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				<td><b><em>text</em></b></td>
				<td>The string to perform the substitution within.</td>
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				<td><b><em>old_text</em></b></td>
				<td>The string to replace.</td>
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				<td><b><em>new_text</em></b></td>
				<td>The string to replace with.</td>
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				<td><b><em>instance_num</em></b></td>
				<td>The number of occurences to repleace. It is an optional argument, if omitted, the function will replace all the occurences within <b><em>text</em></b>.</td>
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	<h5 class="pt8">Notes</h5>
	<p><a href="../../docs/userguides/spreadsheet_editor/InsertFunction.aspx#howtoapplyfunctions_block" onclick="onhyperlinkclick(this)">How to apply</a> the <b>SUBSTITUTE</b> function.</p>

	<h5 class="pt8">Examples</h5>
	<p>The figure below displays the result returned by the <b>SUBSTITUTE</b> function.</p>
	<p><img alt="SUBSTITUTE Function" src="https://static-helpcenter.teamlab.info/substitute_3b42331a35.png"></p></div>

SUBSTITUTE Function

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Argument	Description
*text*	The string to perform the substitution within.
*old_text*	The string to replace.
*new_text*	The string to replace with.
*instance_num*	The number of occurences to repleace. It is an optional argument, if omitted, the function will replace all the occurences within *text*.

SUBSTITUTE Function

Syntax

Notes

Examples

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