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String Manipulation

Krish
8 - Asteroid

Hi,

 

I need a help in converting string in following way.

 

1_Rec_Type to be converted to 1:Rec_type

2_Rec_Len to be converted to 2:Rec_Len

i.e first occurrence of _ to be replaced with :

 

thanks,

Krish

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patrick_digan
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

 

@Krish Have a look at the function ReplaceFirst. Here is the help doc on it:

 

ReplaceFirst(Str, Target, Replacement)

Returns the string (Str) after replacing the first occurrence of the string (Target) with the string (Replacement).

Example

ReplaceFirst("abcdefb", "b", "_") returns "a_cdefb"
daniellefzimmerman
6 - Meteoroid

thank you! I did not know this formula existed. you saved me hours of headache. 

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