Left 8 characters parse

[CherylH]

How do I write formula to parse 1st left characters from a field?

Thanks in advance-I know its easy, searching did not help me. 

[gaoa · Accepted solution]

Hi @CherylH 

If it is a string field then Left([Field], 1) should work.

[CherylH]

Thanks works perfect!.  Wish I could find something on Alteryx with a bunch of examples of formulas. 

[gaoa]

This may be helpful: https://help.alteryx.com/20223/designer/functions-quick-reference 😉