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Dec 08, 2022 01:09 PM
Hello Airtable world,
I need help with a formula. I have a look up field with many options. All of these options share the same data for some field e.g. Pick Up Location.
In this case, I have 1 record with 2 options (lookup field) and the look up field extracts: Montreal, Montreal.
Is there a formula I can use to only keep what is before the first comma when working strings
This is an example of what I am trying to achieve
Thank you in advance
Matt
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Dec 08, 2022 08:17 PM
Hm, not sure what your data setup's like, but maybe you could look into using a rollup field with the formula `ARRAYUNIQUE(values)` as well
Dec 09, 2022 10:54 AM
Something along the lines (untested)...
IF(FIND(',',{field name}&''),
LEFT(FIND(',',{field name}&'')-1,{field name}&''),
{field name}&''
)
Dec 08, 2022 08:17 PM
Hm, not sure what your data setup's like, but maybe you could look into using a rollup field with the formula `ARRAYUNIQUE(values)` as well
Dec 09, 2022 10:54 AM
Something along the lines (untested)...
IF(FIND(',',{field name}&''),
LEFT(FIND(',',{field name}&'')-1,{field name}&''),
{field name}&''
)
Dec 11, 2022 10:35 AM
well that works just fine, thanks a lot!