How can I get rid of extra characters in attributes

levi_kim
levi_kim Member
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Hi all,

I have a field that lists carriers in an odd fashion such as below:

000001_BOSMAN_T_GND

000001_UPS2_A_F-EX

000001_UPS2_A_LTL

I'd like to get rid of the unnecessary characters at the beginning and the end so it looks like this:

BOSMAN

UPS2

Is there a Beastmode function or calculation that can help me do that? Would like to avoid Magic ETL if possible but open to doing that if necessary.

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  • MarkSnodgrass
    MarkSnodgrass Coach
    Answer ✓

    If it is always between the first and second underscore, you can do this:

    SPLIT_PART(fieldname,'_',2)

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  • Sean_Tully
    Sean_Tully Contributor

    Try something like this, replacing the field with your actual field name:

    SUBSTRING(SUBSTRING(`FIeld`, INSTR(`FIeld`, '_')+1), 1, INSTR(SUBSTRING(`FIeld`, INSTR(`FIeld`, '_')+1), '_')-1)

  • MarkSnodgrass
    MarkSnodgrass Coach
    Answer ✓

    If it is always between the first and second underscore, you can do this:

    SPLIT_PART(fieldname,'_',2)

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  • GrantSmith
    GrantSmith Coach

    Here's a REGEXP version:

    REGEXP_REPLACE(`field`, '^\d+-([^_]+).*$', '$1')

    But as @MarkSnodgrass mentioned if your format is consistent where values are after the first underscore with a following underscore then SPLIT_PART is an easier option.

    The REGEX version will handle cases where there's no following underscore

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  • levi_kim
    levi_kim Member

    Thank you @Sean_Tully @MarkSnodgrass @GrantSmith !

    Your answers are very insightful and helpful. I will definitely add them to my toolkit. I ended up using Mark's SPLIT_PART function as that was easiest and fit my criteria.

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