Replace Text Step

The Replace Text step finds specific characters or patterns in a text variable. It then swaps them out for new characters. You can save the changed text to a new variable or an existing one.

Use this step to clean up data, make text formats consistent, or change specific parts of a string.

How to Use the Replace Text Step

Step 1: Add the Replace Text Step

Open your workflow in the Process Editor.
Drag and drop the Replace Text step into your workflow.

Step 2: Configure Input Parameters

Source text variable (Required)

The name of the string variable that holds the original text.
Example: myOriginalString

Text to find (Required)

The characters or regular expression you want to find in the Source text variable.
You can type in a value directly or use an existing variable.
Example: "old_word" or searchPatternVariable

Replace with (Required)

The characters that will take the place of the Text to find.
You can type in a value directly or use an existing variable.
Example: "new_word" or replacementValueVariable

Ignore case (Required)

A toggle to choose if the search should care about upper or lower case letters.
T (True): The search doesn't care about case (e.g., "Apple" matches "apple").
F (False): The search does care about case (this is the default).

Use regex (Required)

A toggle to choose if Text to find is a regular expression.
T (True): Text to find is treated as a regular expression.
F (False): Text to find is treated as a normal string (this is the default).

Step 3: Configure Output Parameter

Replaced text destination variable (Required)

The name of the variable where the changed text will be saved.
You can pick an existing string variable or make a new one.
Example: myModifiedString

Parameters Explained

Step name (Optional)

A custom name for this step in your workflow.
This helps you find the step in the Process Editor.

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