Seperate text?

[Steve Warren]

I have a table with data in a field that i need to eliminate every thing
after a forward slash example

What I have
B36/ch
B3036/ch
D20TH/gg

What I want is
B36
B3036
D20TH

I have about 400k records that I need to do.

I know how to use Trim, Len in a query but that doesn't help.

Can you help me?

Thank you

 

[Albert D.Kallal]

We assume you will make copy in case you mess up!!!

You can build a update query, and send the results to another field,
or...overwrite the existing...

split([FieldName],"/")(0)

The above will return the first part....

You can also use instr if you want......

So, you can use a upate query...and don't need to write any code.....

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Permanently, or just in a query?

If just in a query, create a calculated field along the lines of:

FirstPart: Left([MyField], InStr([MyField], "/") - 1)

If permanently, use that expression (what's after the in an UPDATE query.

(Replace MyField with your actual field name)

 

[Marcin]

I have a table with data in a field that i need to eliminate every thing
after a forward slash example

What I have
B36/ch
B3036/ch
D20TH/gg

What I want is
B36
B3036
D20TH

I have about 400k records that I need to do.

I know how to use Trim, Len in a query but that doesn't help.

Can you help me?

Thank you

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