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fahmed18
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‎05-08-2019
07:28 AM
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Hi,
I am trying to select the first letter of the following sentence:
Queen Mary University of London
I want the formula to return QMUoL. Does anyone know of a way of doing this?
Thanks!
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16 - Nebula
‎05-08-2019
07:33 AM
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Hey @fahmed18
Attached is how I would tackle this problem. First I would add a RecordID then split each record so that each word is on its own row. Then, use the Formula tool to get the first letter from each of those rows. Finally, use the Summarize tool to concatenate that newly created field.
17 - Castor
‎05-08-2019
07:38 AM
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