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====== REPLACE_PATTERN2 ====== 

===== Description =====  
replaces all occurrences of the specified pattern in the text with a new pattern.

===== Syntax =====

''REPLACE_PATTERN2 (text, old, new)''

===== Parameters =====  
attribute of Plain Text type or expression producing Plain Text, the pattern to be replaced and the pattern to replace with.

===== Returns =====

**Text**: the text with every occurrence of old replaced by new, matched as plain text (not a regular expression; use REPLACE_PATTERN for that)

===== Example =====  
<code aim>REPLACE_PATTERN2 ('John Smith', 'Smith', 'Black') </code>
returns ''%%'%%John Black%%'%%''

===== Related =====

[[ref:a_f:f:af:replace_pattern|REPLACE_PATTERN]], [[ref:a_f:f:af:matches|MATCHES]], [[ref:a_f:f:af:index_of|INDEX_OF]]