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Replacing Multiple String Characters in another String

KerryW
7 - Meteor

Struggling with a way to solve for injecting 1 string into another dynamically

 

CustomerTemplateOutput
FGASXXXSFGA
FGASNXXSXSNFGSA
FFFXXXSBFFFSB
FFFFFGGAASXXXXXNXXXXNSFFFFFNGGAAN
FX

 

 

Replace each "X" in the Template column with a value from the Customer string.
Example Customer FGA
Template = SXXXN
Result SFGAN
The letter X will never appear in customer data
The number of X positions in the template will always equal the number of positions in the Customer filed
The length of the template can be 1 to 50


Ive attempted

replace formula 
REGEX_REPLACE - though I dont see a way to step through characters
multi-field formula with a reg ex- like REGEX_Replace([Template], "X", Substring([Customer], Mod([Row-1:Customer], Length([Customer])) )) - I suspect this could be the best solution, but just cant get it right!


any ideas/ solutions would be greatly appreciated!

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FinnCharlton
13 - Pulsar

Hi @KerryW , here is a short workflow that will do this for you:

FinnCharlton_0-1677861564096.png

 

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