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yilingchen02
8 - Asteroid

Hi there, I have a column that looks like this

 

COE_12345-abc-def.xlsx

ROA_abtee-ecb-dex.xlsx

ABC_rbcw-qbc-abvx.xlsx

 

How can I isolate the first word before _?

 

COE

ROA

ABC

 

Thanks,

Yiling

 

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caltang
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

If you want to use REGEX, select PARSE and type in:

^(.{3})

 

Otherwise, you can opt for a Text-to-Columns tool for an easier time.

 

Hope this helps! If it does, kindly mark this reply as the accepted solution.

 

Thanks,

Cal

Calvin Tang
Alteryx ACE
https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvintangkw/
caltang
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

@yilingchen02 did my comment help solve your problem? If yes, could you kindly mark it as solved / accepted solution so that others may find it as well? Thank you!

Calvin Tang
Alteryx ACE
https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvintangkw/
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