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Level IV

Converting alphabet to digits

I have a column that contains vaalues like M N , Y Z etc.

I need to remove the space in between,swap the characters and convert last alphabet to digit.

That means -

input : M N

output : N13

 

How can I do this?

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txnelson
Super User

Re: Converting alphabet to digits

check to see if you only have 1 word and if so, then change the response

if(word(2, :Column 1, " ") == "",
     do what you want if only one letter,
    Word( 1, :Column 1, " " ) || Char(
	Hex To Number( Hex( Word( 2, :Column 1, " " ) ) ) - 64
    )
)
Jim

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txnelson
Super User

Re: Converting alphabet to digits

This will work for your displayed case....but I don't know if it is complete enough.

alphabet="ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
word(2,:targetvariable," ") || Char( contains( alphabet, word(1,:targetvariable," ")))

  This is a formula that can be used for a formula for a new column. 

Jim
Thierry_S
Super User

Re: Converting alphabet to digits

Hi, 

 

Try the following Formula (copy - paste in the Formula Editor)

Word( 1, :Column 1, " " ) || Char(
	Hex To Number( Hex( Word( 2, :Column 1, " " ) ) ) - 64
)

Here is a snapshot of what the table will look like 

SIMPLE TABLE.PNG

Thierry R. Sornasse
ENTHU
Level IV

Re: Converting alphabet to digits

Thanks for the response.For M N , the expected output is N13. I was able to change the Word function and get this working. There can be cases when column 1 has only one alphabet like "A". In this case i need to print A0 in column 2. How can I extend the code to do this?
txnelson
Super User

Re: Converting alphabet to digits

check to see if you only have 1 word and if so, then change the response

if(word(2, :Column 1, " ") == "",
     do what you want if only one letter,
    Word( 1, :Column 1, " " ) || Char(
	Hex To Number( Hex( Word( 2, :Column 1, " " ) ) ) - 64
    )
)
Jim