Excel Magic Trick 519: SUBSTITUTE & REPLACE Functions
See how to REPLACE requires a starting position in the text string and the number of characters from the start position and it will replace those characters. For example: =REPLACE("rad",1,2,"Shre") = Shred SUBSTITUTE will look for a string (text) and replace it with what you tell it. For example: =SUBSTITUTE("rad","ra","Shre") = Shred See how to: 1.Use REPLACE to Extract Last Name 2.Use SUBSTITUTE and LEN to count spaces 3.SUBSTITUTE to replace characters in a sku number 4.REPLACE to Insert text into a text string 5.REPLACE and VLOOKUP to Insert text into a text string 6.SUBSITUTE to replace second instance of a sub-text string
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