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wjalford
Level III

Need to remove part of a string starting with (

I have a string in a cell that has the format AB1234(Name).  I would like to remove everthing past the 4.  The result would be each cell under the column LOT_NUMBER would be AB1234.  I have tried the word function ;  for each row(word(1,:LOT_NUMBER,"("));  This did not work.  Can you please give me a recommendation.

 

Regards,

 

Wayne

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txnelson
Super User

Re: Need to remove part of a string starting with (

As Mark indicates, you need to replace the value in the column, not just find it

 for each row(
     :LOT_NUMBER = word(1,:LOT_NUMBER,"(")
);
Jim

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Re: Need to remove part of a string starting with (

You do not store the result of each iteration where you could see it. How do you know it is not working?

txnelson
Super User

Re: Need to remove part of a string starting with (

As Mark indicates, you need to replace the value in the column, not just find it

 for each row(
     :LOT_NUMBER = word(1,:LOT_NUMBER,"(")
);
Jim
ms
Super User (Alumni) ms
Super User (Alumni)

Re: Need to remove part of a string starting with (

Your code partially works, it just lacks the assignment. Try this:

For Each Row(:LOT_NUMBER = Word(1, :LOT_NUMBER, "("));