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Range.Replace Method

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Excel Developer Reference

Returns a Boolean indicating characters in cells within the specified range. Using this method doesn’t change either the selection or the active cell.

Syntax

expression.Replace(What, Replacement, LookAt, SearchOrder, MatchCase, MatchByte, SearchFormat, ReplaceFormat)

expression   A variable that represents a Range object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
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.

Return Value
Boolean

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.

Example

This example replaces every occurrence of the trigonometric function SIN with the function COS. The replacement range is column A on Sheet1.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Worksheets("Sheet1").Columns("A").Replace _
    What:="SIN", Replacement:="COS", _
    SearchOrder:=xlByColumns, MatchCase:=True

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