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RegEx Tool remove leading zeros

mstoler
8 - Asteroid

Hello,

 

I am using the RegEx tool to remove leading zeros.  I am using the expression below,

 

(^[0]+)

 

It seems like the RegEx tool requires the left and right parenthesis.  I just wanted to check because it seems that some RegEx tools will also accept

 

^[0]+

 

Thanks for the clarification.

 

Michael

 

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MarqueeCrew
20 - Arcturus
20 - Arcturus

@mstoler ,

 

You should use the string function, TrimLeft().

 

TrimLeft

TrimLeft(String, y): Removes character in the string (y) from the beginning of the string (String). Y is optional and defaults to trimming white space.

 

 

TrimLeft([Field],"0") 

 

 

This will remove leading zeroes.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

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mstoler
8 - Asteroid

Hello,

 

Thanks I will accept the solution but I also wanted to learn about regular expressions.

 

Just a question it seems that Alteryx requires parenthesis around the regular expressions?

 

Michael

 

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