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DeepakBaberwal
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How to create an new column in abbreviated form ?

suppose i am having a column "country" in my table in which "united state" is a value now i want a new column named "country code" an it should have "us".

how to do it?

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pbiozkan
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Helper I

Hi,

 

If you'll only change 1 or 2 value, try to duplicate column and replace values. Or, add another table with country names = united states and country codes= us and create a relationship.

 

Or, use extract if  "us" exists.

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pbiozkan
Helper I
Helper I

Hi,

 

If you'll only change 1 or 2 value, try to duplicate column and replace values. Or, add another table with country names = united states and country codes= us and create a relationship.

 

Or, use extract if  "us" exists.

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