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Remove characters from a string upto a special character

aravindraj004
5 - Atom

I have a columns with varying string length like

 

1) 102_2345

2) 23_12357

3) 786_8790

 

I have to remove all characters up to "_"  and result should look like

 

1)2345

2)12357

3)8790

 

Help me out in this requirement

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mborriero
11 - Bolide

Hi @aravindraj004, you can use a regex or a formula tool.

Have a look at the workflow attached.

suli
9 - Comet

You can also use 'Text to columns' (from Parse category) tool, simply use '_' as a separator for 2 columns, and drop unnecessary column in the later steps.

 

Hope that helps!

mborriero
11 - Bolide

Amended. I did not read up to _

 

I am still sleeping!

aravindraj004
5 - Atom

Thanks mborriero.This worked perfectly

 

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