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Remove unwanted expressions

BautistaC888
8 - Asteroid

Hello,

I have to clean up a .txt and i need to remove unwanted expressions.
I need to remove all expressions that contains characters and expressions like dd.dd.dd
Here is an example,
Input:

BautistaC888_0-1624962341859.png

Expected output:

BautistaC888_1-1624962401527.png

Thank you.

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DawnDuong
13 - Pulsar
13 - Pulsar

Hi @BautistaC888 

One way is to use the regex match. The regex syntax can be something like this

.*[^0-9].*||\d\d\.\d\d.\d\d

https://help.alteryx.com/current/designer/regex-tool

    • Match: Append a column containing a number: 1 if the expression matched, 0 if it did not.
      • Column name for match status: Provide a name for the appended column.
      • Error if not Matched: Select to generate an error if the expression and string do not match to end the workflow processing.
 
PedrodeOl
9 - Comet

Hi @BautistaC888,

 

Use the regex match function in formula:

 

([0-9.,]+) = get the your figures

(\d{2}\.\d{2}\.\d{2}) = remove the pattern dd.dd.dd

 

regards,

apathetichell
18 - Pollux

In formula tool:

REGEX_Replace([Exempted],"([a-z\s]+|\d{2}\.\d{2}\.\d{2})","")

 

See attached where I wrap it in a multi-field formula and convert your field to a number format... Do you need visible commas?

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