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johnca
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Specialist

Select Specific Strings & String Format

I need to select lines where there are specific strings contained somewhere in the field. The format of the string desired is 'nnnn-nnnnn' where n = a number 0-9 (no vowels or special characters), so they would look like this; 2015-70707. My problem is there are examples where the string I want is there but does not follow the format exactly. Sometimes there may be a space on one side of the hyphen or not, or more than one example in each line. The result desired would be the string 'nnnn-nnnnn'. Here are examples of what I need to include and not include in my query;

Any ideas on how to maximize my selections? 

ValueIncludeResult
6.23.2015-429226no<not included>
521 / 2015-88584yes2015-88584
2015- 80808yes2015-80808
2015-60776yes2015-60776
2015-66208yes2015-66208
2015-71757 & 2015-71726both2015-71757
2015-71757 & 2015-71726both2015-71726
2015-72052 PO BL060315yes2015-72052
711717 - PROJ040805no<not included>
711733 2015-74104yes2015-74104
BL5928 2015-78037yes2015-78037
cG75382-WP / 2015-72069yes2015-72069
GRS515 / 2015-88522 / 2015-87229both2015-87229
INC13778737 / 2015-89742yes2015-89742
LOST UNIT REPLACEMENT- 109325no<not included>
LOST UNIT REPLACEMENT-100016no<not included>
Quote 2015-66816yes2015-66816
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cwolf
Creator III
Creator III

Hi John,

I hope that help.

Regards

Christian

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cwolf
Creator III
Creator III

Hi John,

I hope that help.

Regards

Christian

johnca
Specialist
Specialist
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Hi Christian, considering that I am going to be using this in a subsequent "Where Exists" clause it works perfectly for my needs. Thank you very much!

(This was inadvertenly addressed to Joe. My apologies to Christian)