replaces old text with new text · from excel · excel: not yet compared · sheets: not yet compared

signature

SUBSTITUTE(text, old_text, new_text, [instance_num])

returns: text

argument	required
text	required
old_text	required
new_text	required
instance_num	optional

examples

formula and result, taken from the engine's own test suite — every result below is asserted in CI, not written by hand.

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