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How to replace nth/all occurrences of a character in string in Excel?

For example, there is a string in a cell, and you need to replace the third “o” in the string, how could you quickly solve it? And what if replacing all occurrence of this characters in the string? This article will show you the method.

Replace nth/all occurrences of a character in string in Excel

Replace nth/all occurrences of a character in string in Excel

This method will introduce the easy SUBSTITUTE function to replace the nth or all occurrences of a certain character in a cell in Excel.

Select a blank cell, and type the formula =SUBSTITUTE(A1,"o","_",3) into it, and press the Enter key. See screenshot:

And now you will see the third “o” is replaced. See screenshot:

Notes:
(1) In the formula =SUBSTITUTE(A1,"o","_",3), A1 is the cell you will replace string, o is the specified character you will replace, _ is the specified character you will replace with, and 3 means you will replace the 3rd occurrence of “o”.
(2) If you need to replace all occurrences of “o” with underline in the Cell A1, please apply this formula =SUBSTITUTE(A1,"o","_").

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wladimer
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Как из ячейки с текстом "5x50x100" извлечь произведение всех чисел в другую ячейку чтобы был результат 25000?
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Amanda Lee     wladimer
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Hi there,

We've created a VBA to help you solve the problem. In your Excel, please press Alt + F11 to open the VBA window, and then on the Insert tab, click Module. And copy and paste the VBA below into the window:
Function ExtractAndMultiply(xCell As Range) As Long
    'Update by ExtendOffice
    Application.Volatile
    Dim xNum As Long
    Dim xBool As Boolean
    
    xNum = 1
    xBool = False
    
    xArr = Split(xCell.Value, "x")

    For i = LBound(xArr) To UBound(xArr)
        If IsNumeric(xArr(i)) Then
            xNum = xNum * xArr(i)
            xBool = True
        End If
    Next
    
    If xBool Then
        ExtractAndMultiply = xNum
    Else
        ExtractAndMultiply = 0
    End If
    
End Function

Now, you can go back to the worksheet, and let's say the cell A1 contains 5x50x1000, you can enter the formula =ExtractAndMultiply(A1) in another cell to get the product.

Amanda
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Turker TUNALI
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I use Office 2013 and last parameter doesn't work as intended. I didn't specify it but it works like 1 entered.Only first occurence is replaced.
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kellytte     Turker TUNALI
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Hi Turker,
To replace all of a certain character from a cell, you need to apply this formula =SUBSTITUTE(A1,"o","_")
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