REPLACE

This function replaces part of a text string with a different text string.

Syntax

REPLACE(old_text,start_char,num_chars,new_text)

Arguments

This function has these arguments:

Argument	Description
old_text	Original text in which you want to replace characters
start_char	Starting position in the original text to begin the replacement
num_chars	Number of characters in the original text that you want to replace with characters from the new text; if not an integer, the number is truncated
new_text	New text that replaces characters in the original text

Remarks

Use this function to replace a specified number of characters in a specified location with other characters. Use the SUBSTITUTE function to replace specific text with other text.

Data Types

Accepts string data for the old_text argument, numeric data for the start_char argument, numeric data for the num_chars argument, and string data for the new_text argument. Returns string data.

Examples

This example replaces three characters with one character, starting with the sixth character in the provided text:

REPLACE(""abcdefghijk"", 6, 3, ""%"") gives the result abcde%ijk