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Removing characters based on FIND

jb
7 - Meteor

Hi,
Can anyone tell me what the Alteryx formula equivalent should be for this excel statement?
=LEFT(J3,(FIND(":L",J3,1))-1)

 

The "J3" cell in this case is a column called "Ad Name" and we are trying to convert a value like this:


Sample|FY16|Sample|CPM|1x1|RON|CRM|EE75+||PC|V|SSIC|P|Deal ID_:15_EE No Kids:L13686562_04/29

to be shortened based on where it finds ":L" to be:

Hotwire|FY16|Turn|CPM|1x1|RON|CRM|EE75+||PC|V|SSIC|P|Deal ID_:15_EE No Kids

 

Thanks!

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JohnJPS
15 - Aurora

Does this work:

Left([Ad Name],FindString([Ad Name],":L")-1)

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