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Default Retrieving contents of wildcard match in search and Replace

IS there a way in the Replace part of Search and Replace to use any
wildcard match on the SEarch side verbatim... Let me explain...

I have a bunch of cells where I have the formula Stdev(<Cell Range)

Using Search and Replace, I want to use the Percentile Function instead
of the Stdev function.. So I want to change the formula to
Percentile(<Cell Range,0.8)..

I tried searching for Stdev(*) but saying Percentile(*,0.8) in the
Replace does not work

Any ideas if this can be done?????????

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Default Retrieving contents of wildcard match in search and Replace

You might try doing 2 replaces. First replace ")" with ",0.8)" and second
"stdev" with "percentile". Doing it in the other order creates an invalid
formula error.

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| IS there a way in the Replace part of Search and Replace to use any
| wildcard match on the SEarch side verbatim... Let me explain...
|
| I have a bunch of cells where I have the formula Stdev(<Cell Range)
|
| Using Search and Replace, I want to use the Percentile Function instead
| of the Stdev function.. So I want to change the formula to
| Percentile(<Cell Range,0.8)..
|
| I tried searching for Stdev(*) but saying Percentile(*,0.8) in the
| Replace does not work
|
| Any ideas if this can be done?????????
|


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