How do you use the SUBSTITUTE function in Google Sheets?

The SUBSTITUTE function in Google Sheets allows you to replace a specific text within a larger text string. The syntax of the function is:

=SUBSTITUTE(text, search_text, new_text, [occurrence])

Where:

• text: The text or cell in which replacement should occur.
• search_text: The text you want to replace.
• new_text: The text you want to replace search_text with.
• occurrence: Optional argument to specify which occurrence of search_text you want to replace. If not specified, all occurrences will be replaced.

For example, if you want to change all instances of 'apple' to 'orange' in cell A1, you would use the following formula:

=SUBSTITUTE(A1, 'apple', 'orange')

This would replace every instance of 'apple' in the cell with 'orange'.

You can also use SUBSTITUTE with other functions to perform multiple replacements on a single cell. For example:

=SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A1, 'apple', 'orange'), 'banana', 'grape')

This would replace 'apple' with 'orange' and 'banana' with 'grape' in the same cell.

Now that you know how to use SUBSTITUTE, you can easily manipulate text in your Google Sheets for better data analysis.

The SUBSTITUTE function in Google Sheets is used to replace a specific string of text with another string of text. The syntax for the SUBSTITUTE function is:

=SUBSTITUTE(text_to_search, search_for, replace_with, [occurrence_number])

where:

• text_to_search is the text in which you want to search for and replace the specified text strings. This can be the cell reference, or the manually input text enclosed in quotation marks.
• search_for is the string of text you want to search for and replace within the original text.
• replace_with is the string of text that you want to use as the replacement for the search string.
• occurrence_number [Optional] defines how many “search_for” strings are replaced with “replace_with” text; by default, the formula replace all “search_for” strings with “replace_with” text strings.

For example, if you have a cell with the text "I love apples" and you want to replace all instances of the word "apple" with the word "banana," you would use the following formula:

=SUBSTITUTE("I love apples", "apple", "banana")

This would return the text "I love bananas."

You can also use the SUBSTITUTE function to replace only specific instances of a string of text. For example, if you want to replace the first instance of the word "apple" with the word "banana," you would use the following formula:

=SUBSTITUTE("I love apples", "apple", "banana", 1)

This would return the text "I love bananaples."

The SUBSTITUTE function is a powerful tool that can be used to quickly and easily replace text in Google Sheets.