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Query on Data cleansing / Blending

Khanzali007
8 - Asteroid

I have query, kindly refer attached data & refer column G for text input.

In this column i would like to get output of 10 digit numeric number which starts from 90 & length is 10. This invoice no will be any part of the text it may be at left, right & even in mid of the data. Kindly help how to extract this invoices in new column & ignore rest raw data.

 

Example are explained below with input & output required, & output is highlighted in red text in input.

 

For Eg 1:  

Input = Sales recon 5310 -ref-9019090387  

Output -  9019090387

 

For Eg 2:  

Input = 9019207882 - Tesla  

Output -  9019207882

 

For Eg 3: 

Input = 40266945 yment-UTR-PUNBH19096855078-RAIC  

Output -  9096855078

 

For Eg 4: 

Input = 39001540211000  

Output -  9001540211

2 REPLIES 2
FlorianC
Alteryx
Alteryx

Hi @Khanzali007,

 

You can leverage regular expressions for this specific purpose. It is a very powerful way to quickly identify a pattern in large amounts of data.

 

Please find attached a sample workflow showing how to do it.

 

WorkflowWorkflow

Florian Carrier
Strategic Solution Consultant
Alteryx
Khanzali007
8 - Asteroid

Thanks you so much for your quick response. @florianC

 

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