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TRIMMING THE FIRST TWO CHARACTERS

dunkindonut7777
8 - Asteroid

Hello I have a data here that contains 10 characters and 8 characters. Some values has 10 characters and I want to remove the first two digits without touching the other 8 characters. 

ID CodeExpected Output (New ID code)
515155000251550002
515155200051552000
3030030230300302
1101803111018031
706270050362700503

 

Basically, I just want to remove the first two characters. Can you help me with this one please?

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caltang
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Try this:

 

IF LEFT(ToString([ID Code]),2) IN ("51","70")
THEN RIGHT(ToString([ID Code],8)
ELSE ToString([ID Code])
ENDIF

 

Calvin Tang
Alteryx ACE
https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvintangkw/
AndrewDMerrill
13 - Pulsar

Alternatively, you can just use

RIGHT(ToString([ID Code],8)

 

Alternatively, Alternatively, if you already have a string type column:

RIGHT([ID Code], 8)

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