I have a role column similar to below:
Manager
_Tester_Team
_Research_Team
Supervisor
_Helper_Team
How do I drop only the the first character if it begins with an underscore "_" ?
Final output:
Manager
Tester_Team
Research_Team
Supervisor
Helper_Team
if char(string,1) = "_" then string = substr(string,2);
if variablename =: '_' then variablename = substr(variablename,2);
Did those underscores come from import from EXCEL. If so I would fix in EXCEL.
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