# How to replace a string/character in topic title?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-replace-a-string-character-in-topic-title/72922>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [27. Oktober 2017 um 10:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-replace-a-string-character-in-topic-title/72922 "2017-10-27T10:44:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [27. Oktober 2017 um 17:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-replace-a-string-character-in-topic-title/72922/16 "2017-10-27T17:53:49Z")

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thanks @pfaffman , @zogstrip

it has been solved as suggested, and I only needed to put space in the find code:

```plaintext
Topic.where("title LIKE '% %'").find_each do |topic|
  topic.title.gsub!(/-/," ")
  topic.fancy_title.gsub!(/-/," ")
  topic.slug.gsub!(/-/," ")
  puts topic.title
  begin
    topic.save!
  rescue
    puts "oops, something broke."
  end
end

```

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