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Identify Special Character

Mohini79
7 - Meteor

Hi,

 

I have one column called name in which there are certain cell which contain special character ( * , # ,@,).

I want to identify which special characters are there and bring it into one new column against those cell's.

 

Please confirm for any tool or formula to get the result

 

Also suggest further how to remove this characters

 

Thanks in ad

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martinding
13 - Pulsar

Hi @Mohini79 ,

 

This is a job for the RegEx Tool, you can use "Parse" (within the RegEx Tool) to bring the special characters to a new column.

You can also use Replace (within the RegEx tool) to replace those special characters with blank "".

martinding
13 - Pulsar

Please see my example below:

 

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BS_THE_ANALYST
14 - Magnetar

@Mohini79 I'd approach it like this:

BS_THE_ANALYST_0-1679995008734.png

 

Mohini79
7 - Meteor

Appreciated your help.

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