REPLACE function takes four separatearguments.

The first argument,old_text, is the text string to be processed.

The second argument,start_numis the numeric position of the text to replace.

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The third argument,num_chars,is the number of characters that should be replaced.

The last argument,new_text, is the text to use for the replacement.

Use theSUBSTITUTE functionto replace text by searching when the location is not known.

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UseFINDorSEARCHto determine the location of specific text.

When the text is not found, FIND returns a #VALUE error.

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