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Filter a Particular String

ashiques
8 - Asteroid
Hi ,

I want to Filter 'AbC'  From "SB-Fract AbC SERIES 1 RC DS"  in Field2  where Field2 has many rows. I want those value which has 'AbC' in there Field2 value. Important thing is that the Position of 'AbC' is not fixed. It can come as "AbC SB-Fract  SERIES 5 RC DS" or "SB-Fract  SERIES 10 RC AbC DS" or at any position. After filetring 'AbC' next thing i want to Filter is "SB". I try Many Function of String but didnt get any idea.

Thanks in Advance
 
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tom_montpool
12 - Quasar
Hi,

Use the FINDSTRING() function -- the Alteryx help on this is quite good. It returns the starting position of the text you are finding or a -1 if the term is not found. It is case sensitive, so in your example in a Filter tool, the syntax would be:
FINDSTRING([Field2],"AbC")
You could also combine them (in a Filter tool) to get both AbC and SB with this syntax:
FINDSTRING([Field2],"AbC")!=-1 && FINDSTRING([Field2],"SB")!=-1

I hope this helps
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