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q4s72534

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i want to pull the first 3 numbers after the "-"

example:
4578477-78434

I want to see "784"

what is the code? i tried this and it didn't work.

fieldName["-",3]


thanks!
 
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try fieldName[(index(fieldName,"-",1)+1),3]

or

field(fieldName,"-",2)[1,3]

*this all assumes only a single "-" in fieldName
 
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