Finding and returning a number from a URL link
Hi! I’m trying to create a formula where my Primary Field is a number that I need to pull from a URL link:
Currently, I am using the formula RIGHT() to tell the formula to find the last three characters from the right of the URL link, which won’t work once we get to 4 digits, or if for some reason the URL structure changes adding an extra character at the end.
Is there a way to find only a number from a URL and return it as such?
Thank you.
Accepted Solutions
Not really. Unfortunately, Airtable offers neither a Split() function nor regular expressions.
Does this seem to be what you’re looking for?
If so, the formula to handle 8 digits of precision is:
RIGHT({URL}, 8 - SEARCH("/", RIGHT({URL}, 8)))
If you anticipate new URL formats that would add a slash and second parameter on the end, it is possible to add another search to determine where the added slash is positioned.
Not really. Unfortunately, Airtable offers neither a Split() function nor regular expressions.
Does this seem to be what you’re looking for?
If so, the formula to handle 8 digits of precision is:
RIGHT({URL}, 8 - SEARCH("/", RIGHT({URL}, 8)))
If you anticipate new URL formats that would add a slash and second parameter on the end, it is possible to add another search to determine where the added slash is positioned.
