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SUBSTITUTE

Using the SUBSTITUTE function, we can replace the part of the text in a cell. The
Analysing Data
substitute function is represented as: =SUBSTITUTE(text, old_text, new_text, [instance_
num])

=SUBSTITUTE (text, old_text, new_
text, [instance])

• Text (required argument): this is the text or

reference to a cell that contains text for which we
want to substitute characters.

• Old_text (required argument): the text we wish to Checkpoint
replace.
The COUNT function is used to calculate
• New_text (required argument): the text we want the number of cells that contain
numbers.
to replace the old_text with. TODAY function returns the current date.

• Instance_num (optional argument): specifies CONCATENATE function allows you to
combine text from different cells into one
which occurrence of old_text you want to replace cell.

with new_text. If you specify instance_num, only
that instance of old_text is replaced. Otherwise,

every occurrence of old_text in text is changed to
new_text.

1. In this example, we will substitute the
word “Pakistan“ with “Canada“ in the
string “We live in Pakistan.“

2. Go to Formulas tab from office ribbon,

in the Function Library group, click
Text, and then click SUBSTITUTE.
Alternatively, you can enter the function

directly in the desired cell and specify

the required arguments.

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