Replace Method
Replace method as it applies to the Range object.
Returns a Boolean indicating characters in cells within the specified range. Using this method doesn’t change either the selection or the active cell.
expression.Replace(What, Replacement, LookAt, SearchOrder, MatchCase, MatchByte, SearchFormat, ReplaceFormat)
expression Required. An expression that returns a Range object.
What Required Variant. The string you want Microsoft Excel to search for.
Replacement Required Variant. The replacement string.
LookAt Optional Variant. Can be one of the following XlLookAt constants: xlWhole or xlPart.
SearchOrder Optional Variant. Can be one of the following XlSearchOrder constants: xlByRows or xlByColumns.
MatchCase Optional Variant. True to make the search case sensitive.
MatchByte Optional Variant. You can use this argument only if you’ve selected or installed double-byte language support in Microsoft Excel. True to have double-byte characters match only double-byte characters. False to have double-byte characters match their single-byte equivalents.
SearchFormat Optional Variant. The search format for the method.
ReplaceFormat Optional Variant. The replace format for the method.
Remarks
The settings for LookAt, SearchOrder, MatchCase, and MatchByte are saved each time you use this method. If you don’t specify values for these arguments the next time you call the method, the saved values are used. Setting these arguments changes the settings in the Find dialog box, and changing the settings in the Find dialog box changes the saved values that are used if you omit the arguments. To avoid problems, set these arguments explicitly each time you use this method.
Replace method as it applies to the WorksheetFunction object.
Replaces part of a text string, based on the number of characters you specify, with a different text string.
expression.Replace(Arg1, Arg2, Arg3, Arg4)
expression Required. An expression that returns a WorksheetFunction object.
Arg1 Required String. Text in which you want to replace some characters.
Arg2 Required Double. The position of the character in Arg1 that you want to replace with Arg4.
Arg3 Required Double. The number of characters in Arg1 that you want the Replace method to replace with Arg4.
Arg4 Required String. Text that will replace characters in Arg1.
Example
As it applies to the Range object.
This example replaces every occurrence of the trigonometric function SIN with the function COS. The replacement range is column A on Sheet1.
Worksheets("Sheet1").Columns("A").Replace _
What:="SIN", Replacement:="COS", _
SearchOrder:=xlByColumns, MatchCase:=TrueAs it applies to the WorksheetFunction object.
This example replaces abcdef with ac-ef and notifies the user during this process.
Sub UseReplace()
Dim strCurrent As String
Dim strReplaced As String
strCurrent = "abcdef"
' Notify user and display current string.
MsgBox "The current string is: " & strCurrent
' Replace "cd" with "-".
strReplaced = Application.WorksheetFunction.Replace _
(Arg1:=strCurrent, Arg2:=3, _
Arg3:=2, Arg4:="-")
' Notify user and display replaced string.
MsgBox "The replaced string is: " & strReplaced
End Sub