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How to remove Letters at the end of a string?

Sriram_ts03
5 - Atom

Hello Community -

 

Please help me with the below scenario.

 

I would like to get character(letters) removed at the end of a string. If i use Data cleansing tool, it removed the letters in between the string as well.

 

Input                        Output

2102CX746OT       2102CX746

2163BD5120A        2163BD5120

 

Thnx

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Amol_Telore
11 - Bolide

Hey @Sriram_ts03 

 

Here is my solution. 

I have used regex to exclude any letters occurring at the end of the string. Hope this solves your issue.

 

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Emmanuel_G
13 - Pulsar

Hi @Sriram_ts03 ,

 

Find attached two more ways to do this : With and without regex formula.

Emmanuel_G_0-1661081747480.png

 

Alteryx_AR
12 - Quasar

Hey @Sriram_ts03  - Another solution is below. Use substring function. 

 

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Hope this helps you :). 

 

 

 

Sriram_ts03
5 - Atom

Thank you all for the solution. Appreciated. 

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