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Convert Text to WingDings the Count WingDings

mfranchino21
7 - Meteor

Hello Everyone, 

I have a table with names in which I want to convert to wingdings, then count the wingdings vs the character count of the initial input.

 

Here is an example of what I want to do (or something similar); 

 

Input:

Alteryx * Question

UBER  EATS

SMART *TT TESTING

 

 

Output:

 dbool.JPG

 

If you look at the first one, there are more wingdings than characters in the name, right after uber there is an extra character. I want to be able to identify that and call it out, 

 

Thanks!

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fmvizcaino
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hi @mfranchino21 ,

 

You could use a data cleansing tool right before the conversion to eliminate all duplicated whitespaces.

Screenshot 2024-04-10 111147.png

 

Do you have a specific reason to convert to WingDings? I`m curious to know your use case since I was not familiar with WingDings until now 😁

 

Best,

Fernando Vizcaino

mfranchino21
7 - Meteor

Just to look for characters that are 'hidden' in the name. for example i need the exact character count in the uber example, but would've gotten it wrong bc of the hidden character. 

Is there a way to could the dup whitespace removed? thx

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