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Removing symbols "$", "%" and ", " from the data

radhikasood1112
8 - Asteroid

Hi,

 

I am working on removing $, % and , from the values like Net Revenue, Net Profit Margin, In such fields we see values in the form $22,333,344 or 78.98% (with comms and %age symbols, we dont need it)

 

Net Revenue and Net Profit Margin are the integer values.

 

When I use the Replace function, I get the error message cannot apply the String function to the integer value.

 

So, I thought of making them (Net Revenue, Net Profit Margin) String using the Select tool and then applying the Replace function, so that I can do the Data Cleaning process. After data cleaning (removing $, % and ,), I thought of converting them back to integer, but this brought me back to where it started. The values again have comma in it.

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Can someone please guide?

 

Thanks,
Radhika

 

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MarqueeCrew
20 - Arcturus
20 - Arcturus

Please use replacechar()

 

 if used in a multi field formula you can replace the current field ",$%" with ""

 

 cheers,

 

 mark

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radhikasood1112
8 - Asteroid

I used the below formula-

Replacechar([_CurrentField_], "$","")

 

Here, _CurrentField_ is a integer value.

 

Replacechar is for Strings only

 

I need to apply the function for the replacing the value in the integer field.

MarqueeCrew
20 - Arcturus
20 - Arcturus

Alyeryx sees your number as a string. In the multi-field formula you can change the type to double. 

Replacechar([_CurrentField_], "$,", '')

 

 cheers,

 

 mark

 

 

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