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Extracting numbers

rajputakansha
8 - Asteroid

Hi all,

 

I have one silly question. I have a column of 5 digit numbers(for the non-5 digit ones, I left padded extra "0"s)

 

12345

02000

00223

01230

23450

23413

and so on..

 

I want to extract the numbers that starts with 2. My answer should be: 23450 and 23413.

How can I get this without getting 02000 or 00223?

 

Thanks

 

2 REPLIES 2
benakesh
12 - Quasar

Hi @rajputakansha ,

You can use  these functions  to extract  first  character .

left(string,1)  = '2'  or  startswith(string,'2')

Thableaus
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hi @rajputakansha 

 

Filter tool using Custom Filter

Formula: Left(ToString([Field]), 1) = "2"

 

Cheers, 

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