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seahill
Calcite | Level 5
I have a variable that contains alphanumeric strings of different lengths. While there's some variation among all of the entries, the word "submarine" is always present. The position of "submarine" can vary.

I want you extract "submarine" and everything that follows it. How do I do that given the variable position of "submarine"?
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Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

Use the INDEX() function.  Or possible FIND(), INDEXW() or FINDW().

 

want = substrn(index(have,'submarine'));
ChrisNZ
Tourmaline | Level 20

or use prxchange

NEWSTR = prxchange('s/(submarine.*)/\1/, 1, STR);

 

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