Query about length function

Mohd-Siddiqui1

Hi there,

I am working on some logic using length function but unfortunately I am not getting expected results.

I am using IIF(Length([Input]),Replace([Input], "0", "1"),[Input]) for generating Current Output column results.

The above logic is failing for 100 and 0019. Please if you can help me with this.

Note: As I am using Length function so I have converted all the numbers into string, but actually they need to have datatype as double in order to use them in the other part of the workflow.

Input	Current Output	Expected output
0	1	1
2	2	2
14	14	14
1	1	1
1	1	1
100	111	100
0019	1119	19
0	1	1
0	1	1
0	1	1

ChrisTX

If you're trying to remove leading zeros, try TrimLeft

TrimLeft(String, y): Removes character in the string (y) from the beginning of the string (String). Y is optional and defaults to trimming white space.

Here's a list of all functions:  https://help.alteryx.com/20221/designer/functions

The IIF function requires a Boolean data type as the first value.

IIF(bool, x, y): Returns x if bool is true, else returns y.

You have IIF(Length([Input]),

The output of the Length function is a number, so Alteryx converts that number to Boolean, and always gets True.  See below.

Chris