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Dynamic Rename

jlfromm
8 - Asteroid

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My columns look like this and I want to replace all of the _ with a space  what expression in the Dynamic Rename would I use ?

 

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DataNath
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hey @jlfromm, you'd want to use the following expression:

 

 

Replace([_CurrentField_],'_',' ')

 

Before:

 

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After:

 

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jlfromm
8 - Asteroid

Thank you 

DataNath
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

No problem. Just had a closer look and noticed that some of your fields have duplicate underscores and so the above expression will give you field names like this:

 

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However, if you use this expression, this will prevent duplicate spaces coming in as the replacement:

 

Regex_Replace([_CurrentField_],'_+',' ')

 

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PanPP
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

You can always use a select tool after the dynamic replace tool to rename columns.

 

In the dynamic replace tool, you have multiple options as well (See below)

 

replacechar([_CurrentField_], " _ ", " ")

REGEX_Replace([_CurrentField_], "\_+", " ")

Regex_Replace([_CurrentField_],'_+',' ')

 

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