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replace text with null and blank with the in power automate desktop

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Posted on by rcardenasb 45
I'm trying to change a text that is originally like this: COMPANY COUNTRY S.A. (blank spaces between words and periods) to COMPANY%20COUNTRY%20SA ​​but it doesn't work for me, including using %''% for the period and how to put the % as text
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    rcardenasb 45 on at
    I resolve the problem using two actions
     
     
     
    Now is working
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    eetuRobo 4,484 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Great that you found a solution already. You could also do it with replace text %%20 or %'%20'%

    With Power Automate Desktop if you only use one % -sign it will give syntax error since it always expects two %-signs. It thinks that you have started a reference for variable but don't have the ending % -sign. 
    So if you want to replace %20 then you can just add another % sign so: %%20 Then PAD will not give syntax error and it will read that as %20. 


    Or you could use: %'%20'%
    In that you tell PAD that you are giving it string of text inside the percent signs and apostrophes %'string of text here'%


     

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