# REPLACE

```
REPLACE (sourceExpr, targetExpr, replaceExpr)
```

Returns a new string in which all occurrences of a specified String in the current string are replaced with another specified String.

Available in:

| Processors | SQL Studio |
| ---------- | ---------- |
| ✓          | ✓          |

*Sample code:*

```sql
# REPLACE IS WITH ISSUE

USE `kafka`;
SELECT 
    REPLACE(status, 'unverified', 'verify urgent') 
FROM users-topic
LIMIT 100;

# Expected keyword FROM
```

*Output:*

```json
// Some code
```


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