SUBSTITUTE function - Zoho Sheet - Help Guide

SUBSTITUTE

Replaces an existing text string with another given text string.

 

Syntax

 

SUBSTITUTE(original_text; old_text; new_text; [which])

original_text: The text to search for the given text string. E.g. "Zoho Sheet"

old_text: The existing text string you want to replace. E.g. "o"

new_text: The text you want to replace the old_text with. E.g. "O"

which: Specifies which instance of the old_text to replace. SUBSTITUTE replaces all the occurrences if omitted. E.g. 2

 

Remarks

  • It is case-sensitive, i.e., "Apple" and "apple" are not treated the same.


Examples

 

Formula

Result

=SUBSTITUTE("Zoho Sheet";"o";"O";2)

ZohO Sheet

=SUBSTITUTE("Spreadsheet";"sheet";"ing")

Spreading

=SUBSTITUTE("Functions";"F";"J")

Junctions


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Possible Errors

 

Errors

Meaning

#N/A!

  • The function could not find the value it was asked to look for. Commonly occurs in VLOOKUP and similar functions.

#NAME!

  • The function name is incorrect or invalid.

  • The given defined name (if any) is invalid.

  • There is a typo in the defined name used in the function.

  • Double quotes are missing for text values in the function.

  • Colon missing in a cell range reference.

#VALUE!

  • The given argument's data type is incorrect or invalid.
    For example, the function =DATE(A1:A3) will return a #VALUE error when a text value is present in the range.

#REF!

  • The given cell reference is incorrect or invalid. This error may occur when a cell/range has been deleted, moved, or pasted over.

 

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