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aarony
Obsidian | Level 7

hi thank u for reading this:

i have variable ticker

ticker

aapl

a

goog.

kld.

aa.

b.

i want to remove the . after goog, kld, aa, and b.

could you help?

thank you!!!

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LaurentdeWalick
Fluorite | Level 6

Use the compress function.

ticker = compress(ticker,'.');

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LaurentdeWalick
Fluorite | Level 6

Use the compress function.

ticker = compress(ticker,'.');

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