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Removing parenthesis

davidkelly6024
5 - Atom
‎10-06-2023 10:56 AM
 

In my data there are parenthesis around negative numbers see attached snip. I would like to remove the parenthesis to change the data type to double. How would I be able to parse out the parenthesis? 

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MilindG
12 - Quasar
‎10-06-2023 11:32 AM

@davidkelly6024 

Double.yxmd
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markcurry
12 - Quasar
‎10-06-2023 11:38 AM

Hi @davidkelly6024 ,

 

As the values contain the ()'s they'll in string format.   Use this formula, then change the data type afterwards to a Float or Double...

 

IF Contains([F4],"(") THEN
"-" + ReplaceChar([F4], "(),", "")
ELSE
ReplaceChar([F4], ",", "")
ENDIF

 

See the attached workflow.

Remove parenthesis.yxmd
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