VBA Function: Replace

The VBA Replace function returns a string after replacing the substring(s) matching the search value.

Usage:

Replace(text, search, replacement)

or

Replace(text, search, replacement, start, limit, compare)

Examples of Usage

Using the Replace function to perform different replacements in a given string:

Sub example()
    
    myText = "www.excel-pratique.com"
    
    'Simple replacement
    MsgBox Replace(myText, "excel", "sheets") 'Returns: www.sheets-pratique.com
    
    'Replacement while ignoring the leading characters
    MsgBox Replace(myText, "excel", "sheets", 5) 'Returns: sheets-pratique.com
    
    'Replacement with or without defining a limit
    MsgBox Replace(myText, "e", "E", 5) 'Returns: ExcEl-pratiquE.com
    MsgBox Replace(myText, "e", "E", 5, 1) 'Returns: Excel-pratique.com
    
    'Replacement while considering or ignoring case
    MsgBox Replace(myText, "EXCEL", "sheets") 'Returns: www.excel-pratique.com
    MsgBox Replace(myText, "EXCEL", "sheets", , , 1) 'Returns: www.sheets-pratique.com
    
End Sub