• Skip to main content
  • Skip to header right navigation
  • Skip to site footer

My Online Training Hub

Learn Dashboards, Excel, Power BI, Power Query, Power Pivot

  • Courses
  • Pricing
    • Free Courses
    • Power BI Course
    • Excel Power Query Course
    • Power Pivot and DAX Course
    • Excel Dashboard Course
    • Excel PivotTable Course – Quick Start
    • Advanced Excel Formulas Course
    • Excel Expert Advanced Excel Training
    • Excel Tables Course
    • Excel, Word, Outlook
    • Financial Modelling Course
    • Excel PivotTable Course
    • Excel for Customer Service Professionals
    • Excel for Operations Management Course
    • Excel for Decision Making Under Uncertainty Course
    • Excel for Finance Course
    • Excel Analysis ToolPak Course
    • Multi-User Pricing
  • Resources
    • Free Downloads
    • Excel Functions Explained
    • Excel Formulas
    • Excel Add-ins
    • IF Function
      • Excel IF Statement Explained
      • Excel IF AND OR Functions
      • IF Formula Builder
    • Time & Dates in Excel
      • Excel Date & Time
      • Calculating Time in Excel
      • Excel Time Calculation Tricks
      • Excel Date and Time Formatting
    • Excel Keyboard Shortcuts
    • Excel Custom Number Format Guide
    • Pivot Tables Guide
    • VLOOKUP Guide
    • ALT Codes
    • Excel VBA & Macros
    • Excel User Forms
    • VBA String Functions
  • Members
    • Login
  • Blog
  • Excel Webinars
  • Excel Forum
    • Register as Forum Member

Difference between substitute and Replace function in excel|General Excel Questions & Answers|Excel Forum|My Online Training Hub

You are here: Home / Difference between substitute and Replace function in excel|General Excel Questions & Answers|Excel Forum|My Online Training Hub
Avatar
sp_LogInOut Log In sp_Registration Register
sp_Search Search
Advanced Search|Last Search Results
Search
Forum Scope




Match



Forum Options



Minimum search word length is 3 characters - maximum search word length is 84 characters
sp_Search Search
sp_RankInfo
Lost password?
sp_CrumbsHome HomeExcel ForumGeneral Excel Questions & Answe…Difference between substitute and R…
sp_PrintTopic sp_TopicIcon
Difference between substitute and Replace function in excel
Avatar
Mehdi Raza
Member
Members
Level 0
Forum Posts: 7
Member Since:
January 20, 2019
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
1
March 29, 2019 - 1:11 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print

Can anyone please help me understand the main difference between substitute and replace function in excel.

Regards.

Mehdi

Avatar
Philip Treacy
Admin
Level 10
Forum Posts: 1529
Member Since:
October 5, 2010
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline
2
March 29, 2019 - 1:45 pm
sp_Permalink sp_Print

Hi Mehdi,

SUBSTITUTE allows you to:

1.Replace all occurrences of a substring in a string 

2. Replace a particular instance of a substring within a string

 

Syntax : =REPLACE(text , old_text, new_text, [instance])

 

Example 1

MyString = "axbxcx"

=SUBSTITUTE(MyString,"x","z")

will give the result azbzcz because all occurrences of x were replaced with z

 

Example 2

MyString = "axbxcxdx"

=SUBSTITUTE(MyString,"x","z",3)

will give the result axbxcz because only the 3rd occurrence of x was replaced with z

 

SUBSTITUTE does not require you to know where in the string your substring occurs.

 

REPLACE allows you to change part of a string to another string.

Syntax : =REPLACE(old_text ,start_num, num_chars, new_text)

 

Example 1

MyString = "axbxcx"

=REPLACE(MyString, 2, 1, "z")

gives the result azbxcx

 

Example 2

MyString = "axbxcx"

=REPLACE(MyString, 3, 3, "p")

gives the result axpx

 

Example 3

MyString = "axbxcx"

=REPLACE(MyString, 3, 3, "vvv")

gives the result axvvvx

 

REPLACE requires you to know where your substring is in the string.  You may need to use string functions like FIND to help you out here 

 

Example 4

MyString = "axbxcx"

=REPLACE(MyString, FIND("xbx",MyString), 1, "OOO")

gives the result aOOObxcx

 

REPLACE allows you to insert more or less characters than you remove from a string.

sp_Feed
Go to top
Forum Timezone: Australia/Brisbane
Most Users Ever Online: 245
Currently Online: ash seth, Cassie Bernier
Guest(s) 11
Currently Browsing this Page:
1 Guest(s)
Top Posters:
SunnyKow: 1432
Anders Sehlstedt: 873
Purfleet: 414
Frans Visser: 346
David_Ng: 306
lea cohen: 222
Jessica Stewart: 215
A.Maurizio: 202
Aye Mu: 201
jaryszek: 183
Newest Members:
Abisola Ogundele
MARTYN STERRY
Rahim Lakhani
Ngoc Qui Nguyen
Clement Mansfield
Rose .
Bindu Menon
Baruch Zemer
Purple RainbowBenefactor
MOTH Junkie
Forum Stats:
Groups: 3
Forums: 24
Topics: 6349
Posts: 27772

 

Member Stats:
Guest Posters: 49
Members: 32317
Moderators: 3
Admins: 4
Administrators: Mynda Treacy, Philip Treacy, Catalin Bombea, FT
Moderators: MOTH Support, Velouria, Riny van Eekelen
© Simple:Press —sp_Information

Sidebar

Blog Categories

  • Excel
  • Excel Charts
  • Excel Dashboard
  • Excel Formulas
  • Excel PivotTables
  • Excel Shortcuts
  • Excel VBA
  • General Tips
  • Online Training
  • Outlook
  • Power Apps
  • Power Automate
  • Power BI
  • Power Pivot
  • Power Query
microsoft mvp logo
trustpilot excellent rating
Secured by Sucuri Badge
MyOnlineTrainingHub on YouTube Mynda Treacy on Linked In Mynda Treacy on Instagram Mynda Treacy on Twitter Mynda Treacy on Pinterest MyOnlineTrainingHub on Facebook
 

Company

  • About My Online Training Hub
  • Disclosure Statement
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Guarantee
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Testimonials
  • Become an Affiliate

Support

  • Contact
  • Forum
  • Helpdesk - For Technical Issues

Copyright © 2023 · My Online Training Hub · All Rights Reserved. Microsoft and the Microsoft Office logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Product names, logos, brands, and other trademarks featured or referred to within this website are the property of their respective trademark holders.