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How do I remove the $ from a number without removing the negative dash

Lizbhernan
8 - Asteroid

I am working on a workflow and I am having issues removing the $ and ()  from my amounts with it also removing the -. I tried the formula   IIF(Contains([Reimbursement3], ''), +Trim([Reimbursement3],"($)"), [Reimbursement3]) and it did in fact remove the $ and (). However, it also removed the - on the negative amounts. I tried a few different things but nothing has worked. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can remove the dollar sign and parenthesis and keep the -  example: ($307.96)

 

I have also included a sample of what I am working on and the desired results.

 

TIA for taking time to assist me.

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Yoshiro_Fujimori
15 - Aurora
15 - Aurora

You can use the "(" sign in the orignal field.

Here is a sample solution.

 

Formula

new_Reimbursement3 = ToNumber(REGEX_Replace([Reimbursement3], "[$\(\)]", ""))

new_Reimbursement3 = IF StartsWith([Reimbursement3], "(") THEN [new_Reimbursement3] * -1 ELSE [new_Reimbursement3] ENDIF

 

Result

Reimbursement3new_Reimbursement3
($307.96)-307.96
$168.69168.69

 

I hope this helps.

Lizbhernan
8 - Asteroid

This worked, thank you so much @Yoshiro_Fujimori 

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