Power Automate Functions - Replace Function

Replace Function

What is Replace function in power automate?

Replace function is used to replace the words in a string. There is a three-parameter, which have to pass there. For example:

Replace (‘we are there’, are’, ‘was’).

In the above code ‘was’ is replaced in the place of ‘are’

Description:

In this guide, we will discuss how to use the float function in power automation. Let us create a new flow. To create a new flow follow the following instructions:

Go to power Apps:

Navigate to Flows:

Click on the ‘New Flow’ button:

After clicking new flow, select ‘Instant Cloud flow’ from the dropdown:

Finally set its name and select ‘manually’ as flow trigger point:

In the below screenshot we set the Name of flow and its trigger point which is ‘Manually trigger a flow. Finally, click on the create button to create a new flow. 

First, add INITIALIZE VARIABLE ACTION:

To initialize a variable select initialize variable action from the actions set. Then set its properties the same as mentioned in the screenshot.

1# INITIALIZE VARIABLE ACTION

INITIALIZE VARIABLE:

Initialize a variable having the following attributes. 

Name: set variable name

Type: set the type of variable as ‘STRING’

Value: WE ARE THERE

Replace ‘were’ in the place of ‘are’ 

1# ADD COMPOSE ACTION

Add compose action to call ‘replace’ function.

Expression:

replace (variables ('VARIABLE'), 'ARE', 'WERE')

 

OUTPUT:

Here you can see ‘are’ in converted into ‘were’.