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  1. 03-09-2015, 07:35 PM #1
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    Problem with multiple SUBSTITUTE in excel

    Hi folks,
    I used the following script in excel, but the results did not turn out right. I am not sure what is wrong here. Some errors are highlighted. Thank you

    =SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE($A$2:$A$40,"BA_ICPMS","Barium"),"AL_ICPMS","Aluminium"),"AS_ICPMS","Arsenic"),"CD_ICPMS","Cadmium"),"CL_IC","Chloride"),"CO3","Carbonate"),"COND","Conductivity"),"B","Boron"),"CA","Calcium"),"CR_ICPMS","Chromium"),"CU_ICPMS","Copper"),"F_IC","Flouride"),"FE","Iron"),"HCO3","Bicarbonate"),"HDNESS","Hardness"),"K","Potassium"),"MG","Magnesium"),"MN","Manganese"),"NA","Sodium"),"NO3_IC","Nitrate"),"OH","Hydroxide"),"PALK","Phenol Alkalinity"),"PB_ICPMS","Lead"),"PH","pH"),"SE_ICPMS","Selenium"),"SO4_IC","Sulfate"),"TALK","Total Alkalinity"),"TDS","Total Dissolved Solids"),"U_ICPMS","Uranium"),"ZN_ICPMS","Zinc"),"OPO4","Ortho Phosphorus"),"MO_ICPMS","Molybdenum")

    Results (in two separate columns
    AL_ICPMS Aluminium
    AS_ICPMS Arsenic
    B Boron
    BA_ICPMS Boronarium
    CA Calcium
    CD_ICPMS Cadmium
    CL_IC Chloride
    CO3 Carbonate
    COND Conductivity
    CR_ICPMS Chromium
    CU_ICPMS Copper
    F_IC Flouride
    FE Iron
    HCO3 HCarbonate
    HDNESS Hardness
    K Potassium
    MG Magnesium
    MN Manganese
    NA Sodium
    NO3_IC Nitrate
    OH Hydroxide
    PALK PALPotassium
    PB_ICPMS PBoron_ICPMS
    PH pH
    SE_ICPMS Selenium
    SO4_IC Sulfate
    TALK TALPotassium
    TDS Total Dissolved Solids
    U_ICPMS Uranium
    ZN_ICPMS Zinc
    CA Calcium
    CL_IC Chloride
    CO3 Carbonate
    COND Conductivity
    F_IC Flouride
    FE Iron
    HCO3 HCarbonate
    HDNESS Hardness
    K Potassium
    MG Magnesium
    MN Manganese
    NA Sodium
    NO3_IC Nitrate
    OH Hydroxide
    OPO4 Ortho Phosphorus
    PALK PALPotassium
    PH pH
    SO4_IC Sulfate
    TALK TALPotassium
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    Re: Problem with multiple SUBSTITUTE in excel

    It's finding secondary charactersets and changing them, sometimes before the thing you want to change. For example, it is finding the K in PALK and substituting Potassium. It then won't find PALK to convert it.

    The usual way to do this scale of conversion is with a lookup table and VLOOKUP.


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    Re: Problem with multiple SUBSTITUTE in excel

    If you chnage the order to put Potasium at the end of the list hten you won't have this problem

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