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====== REPLACE_PATTERN ====== 
===== Description =====  
Returns the text being the replacement of all occurrences of the old pattern in the provided text with the new pattern
===== Syntax =====

''REPLACE_PATTERN (text, old, new)''

Can be used in the condition of a [[:ref:a_f:a:find|FIND]] action.

===== Parameters =====  
Attribute of the Plain Text type or string constant or calculation producing text; a regular expression identifying the old pattern and the text indicating the new pattern.
===== Returns =====

**Text**: the text with every match of old replaced by new; old is a regular expression (use REPLACE_PATTERN2 for plain text)

===== Example =====  
<code aim>IF REPLACE_PATTERN (Account.Name, 'ohn', 'ack') =  'Jack Smith' THEN ... </code>

===== Related =====

[[ref:a_f:f:af:replace_pattern2|REPLACE_PATTERN2]], [[ref:a_f:f:af:matches|MATCHES]], [[ref:a_f:f:af:index_of|INDEX_OF]]