Split if string contains a specific character

intervigilium — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 14:45:43 GMT

Hi all,

I have a simple question, find the solution everywhere on the forum... but not working in my case (strange enough). What am i doing wrong?

I have a field with the name "Fumberfield". It contains string with 11 digits.
Value is 11 numbers with or without a '*' .

For example 123456*7890 or 12234567890

If there is a * in the string, i want to seperate it in 2 subfields with a length of 5 en 6 digits.
So the * is NOT the delimiter (otherwise it would be easier).

Now i load a table with the field and added the following in the script:

If(WildMatch(Numberfield, '*'), 'FOUND *', ' * NOT FOUND') as NewNumberfield,

If working, i will replace the FOUND by a Left and Right). But it is not working (says it is found even there is no * in the string.

Anyone a idea? Also tried '***' as extra wildcards because it is in de middle of the string.

ps: if i use a digit 5 as test instead of * , it is also not working....

Thanks in advance.

Re: Split if string contains a specific character

marcus_sommer — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 16:35:19 GMT

I think the identifying if there is a * and where could be easier done with:

substringcount('123456*7890', '*') and index('123456*7890', '*')

- Marcus

Re: Split if string contains a specific character

intervigilium — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 17:45:07 GMT

Thanks,! It worked instantly 🙂

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