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count position of a specific character

tansh0099
7 - Meteor

Hi everyone,

I am struggling to get multiple position of "X" in a string 
this is a type of unique key wherein I in want to show the positions of only "X" from this string 

 

KeyPositions
FGENDPEXDTX7,10
FGXXXXPXGNT2,3,4,5,7

 

can you guys help me out with this please?

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ShankerV
17 - Castor

Hi @tansh0099 

 

If your Key column is of fixed Length 11, then you can achieve this with the help of Regex tool and Concat using the Summarize tool.

 

Many thanks

Shanker V

Felipe_Ribeir0
16 - Nebula

Hi @tansh0099 

 

One way of doing this

 

Felipe_Ribeir0_0-1670508293648.png

 

 

tansh0099
7 - Meteor

thank you for your solution
my key length is 70
and it's a huge data with 137 columns and out of that one column is this key
earlier due to glitch i was not able to post full key.
my key looks like this:  F____GXXXX_P___XGNT__O____T__T___R________R____B____T_N______NP______C

ShankerV
17 - Castor

Hi @tansh0099 

 

Please find the below solution, as per my understanding.

 

FGENDPEXDTX - X is in 8 and 11. 

Hence the position is 8,11.

 

ShankerV_0-1670510415348.png

 

Many thanks

Shanker V

 

ShankerV
17 - Castor

Hi @tansh0099 

 

If you still need the output as 7,10. Here is the output.

 

ShankerV_0-1670510671817.png

 

tansh0099
7 - Meteor

there are underscores "_" in between the alphabets and that is also to be considered as position
so for F____GXXXX_P___XGNT__O____T__T___R________R____B____T_N______NP______C
position of X would be 6,7,8,9,15
considering starting position (F) to be 0

ShankerV
17 - Castor

Hi @tansh0099 

 

Please find the below workflow which will work for 70 characterset also.

 

ShankerV_0-1670511069218.png

 

Hope your issue is resolved. Feel free to mark helpful answers as a solution, so that future users with the same issue can find them easier!!!!

 

Many thanks

Shanker V

ShankerV
17 - Castor

Hi @tansh0099  

 

I understood the requirement, just posted the latest solution for 70 size characterset with Underscore too.

 

Please check and let me know.

 

Many thanks

Shanker V

Felipe_Ribeir0
16 - Nebula

Hi @tansh0099 

 

Here is my workflow adapted to consider special characters like _

Felipe_Ribeir0_0-1670511685166.png

 

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