Replace function asking for a String Constant

[JordyMicheal]

Has anyone had success with using the Replace function in the cloud?

I'm having a hard time doing the basic use of it.

I want to do something to the effect of:

Replace([Column1], "example", [Column2])

But this  generates the error: Argument replacement can only be a string constant

Has anyone found a work around to this?

[alexnajm]

What data type is column2? if it is numeric, putting a ToString function around it might do the job

[JordyMicheal]

It is already a string, but I loved the idea

[patrick_digan]

@JordyMicheal This looks to be a limitation of the replace functions in cloud (including regex_replace). It's a bit cumbersome, but something like this would work if there is only one instance of "example":

left([Column1],findstring([Column1],"example"))
+
[Column2]
+Substring(Column1, findstring([Column1],"example")+length("example"))

It's just grabbing the data up until the word "example", putting cloumn2 in its place, and then adding the text after "example".

[alexnajm]

Nice workaround @patrick_digan !