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Get number from string formula regex

RichardAlt
8 - Asteroid

Hi all,

 

I'm having problem in my workflow, How can I extract the numbers from string using regex.

 

This is my sample string:

Total : 11,274.75 762,350.34 0.00 No of Policies 0 1

 

I'm using this IIF Statement:

IIF(Contains([New Field], "Total :"), REGEX_Replace([New Field], "[\d,]", ""), [New Field])

The output is this:  

Total : . . . No of Policies

But when I use this IIF Statement:

IIF(Contains([New Field], "Total :"), REGEX_Replace([New Field], "[\D,]", ""), [New Field])

My output is this:

11274757623503400001

The result is number only.

 

But my desired output is something like this:

11,274.75 762,350.34 0.00 No of Policies 0 1

 

Just remove the Total : word.

3 REPLIES 3
grazitti_sapna
17 - Castor

Hi @RichardAlt , instead of using regex_replace have you tried using only replace function?

Formula:

IIF(Contains([Field1], "Total :"), Replace([Field1], "Total :", ""), [Field1])

 

using this formula I got the desired output.

grazitti_sapna_0-1594616204160.png

Thanks.

 

Sapna Gupta

Hi @RichardAlt ,

 

could you try to put in your replace formula the following regex syntax?

 

\w+\s\:


Hope this will help.

grazitti_sapna
17 - Castor

@RichardAlt , if you want to solve this using the regex replace function another solution is as follows:

Formula:

IIF(Contains([Field1], "Total :"), REGEX_Replace([Field1], "\w*\s:\s", ""), [Field1])

 

grazitti_sapna_0-1594616486020.png

Thanks.

Sapna Gupta
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