# How does replace.() work on a string vector containing missing?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-does-replace-work-on-a-string-vector-containing-missing/96029>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** strings, broadcast, missing-values\
**Created:** [March 13, 2023, 9:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-does-replace-work-on-a-string-vector-containing-missing/96029 "2023-03-13T21:09:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![rocco\_sprmnt21](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rocco_sprmnt21/32/20127_2.png) [@rocco\_sprmnt21](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rocco_sprmnt21)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-does-replace-work-on-a-string-vector-containing-missing/96029/3 "2023-03-13T22:01:00Z")

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more than anything else, it is a curiosity that comes from the attempt to answer this  
[request](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-change-form-using-inmemorydatasets-package/95989) without using flow control

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