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Amend formula

chiragpatel_1
8 - Asteroid

Hi ,

 

I  have the below formula, I want to amend part of it, so that it picks out letters before the first number. How would i do that?

 

IF REGEX_Match([Outcode], '\d+') THEN [Outcode]
ELSE REGEX_Replace([Outcode], '\d', '')
ENDIF

 

thank you

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binuacs
21 - Polaris

@chiragpatel_1 @Can you provide a sample data and explain what you are trying to achieve? 

chiragpatel_1
8 - Asteroid

for example there is a cell in outcode column which is CH639HP, currently that is being outputed as CHHP , i wan the formula to only output CH



 

 

binuacs
21 - Polaris

@chiragpatel_1 

 

IF REGEX_Match([Outcode], '^\D.+') THEN
 REGEX_Replace([Outcode], '(.\D+)\d.*', '$1')

ELSE

[Outcode]
ENDIF

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