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Left 8 characters parse

CherylH
8 - Asteroid
‎04-17-2023 12:03 PM

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. 

 

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gaoa
11 - Bolide
‎04-17-2023 12:19 PM

Hi @CherylH 

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

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CherylH
8 - Asteroid
‎04-17-2023 12:24 PM

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

 

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gaoa
11 - Bolide
‎04-17-2023 12:29 PM

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

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