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REPLACE

Description: Replaces part of a text string with a different text string based on the number of characters you specify.

Syntax: REPLACE(Old_text, Start_num, Num_chars, New_text)

• Old_text is text in which you want to replace some characters.

• Start_num is the position of the character in Old_text that you want to replace with New_text.

• Num_chars is the number of characters in Old_text that you want REPLACE to replace with New_text.

• New_text is the text that will replace characters in Old_text.

Example:

• REPLACE(abcdefghijk, 6, 5, "*") = abcde*k [replaces five characters, starting with the sixth character]

• REPLACE(2009, 3, 2, “10”) = 2010 [replaces the last two digits of 2009 with 10]

• REPLACE(123456, 1, 3, "@") = @456 [replaces the first three characters with @]