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# replacingCharacters(in:with:)

Returns a new string in which the characters in a specified range of the receiver are replaced by a given string.

```
func replacingCharacters(in range: NSRange, with replacement: String) -> String
```

## Parameters

`range`

A range of characters in the receiver.

`replacement`

The string with which to replace the characters in `range`.

## Return Value

A new string in which the characters in `range` of the receiver are replaced by `replacement`.

## See Also

[`-  stringByReplacingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:`](/documentation/Foundation/NSString/replacingPercentEscapes(using:))

Returns a new string made by replacing in the receiver all percent escapes with the matching characters as determined by a given encoding.


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