Manuals/calci/REPLACEB

REPLACEB(Old_Text, Start_Num, Num_Char, New_Text)

• where, Old_Text is the original or old text
• Start_Num represents the character position in old text
• Num_Char represents the number of characters to be replaced in old text
• New_Text is the new text with which specified number of characters in old text are replaced

REPLACEB() replaces a part of old text string with a new text string, based on the number of bytes specified.

Description

For Example, REPLACEB("JOHN",2,1,"$") returns J$HN

• This function counts and replaces specified number of byte characters with a new text string.
• REPLACEB is intended for languages that use double-byte character set (DBCS).
• If Start_Num < 1, Calci displays #N/A message.
• If Num_Char < 1, Calci displays #N/A message.

Examples

ColumnA	ColumnB	ColumnC
123456
*****
STAR

=REPLACEB(A1,1,2,"*") : Replaces first two characters from old text with "*". Returns *3456 as output.
=REPLACEB(A2,2,1,"@") :Replaces first byte (2 characters) from old text with upper case "@". Returns @**** as output.
=REPLACEB(A3,2,1,"aa") : Replaces 2nd character from old text with "aa". Returns SaaAR as output.

See Also

• REPLACE
• SUBSTITUTE
• REPT

References

• Find and Replace