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markefrody
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7 years ago
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Removing Open and Close Parenthesis in Text

Hi,   I'm trying to remove both open " ( " and close " ) " parenthesis in a word containing both of them.   Example: (New Message)   I want it to be: New Message   I cannot seem to find the...
  • idrabble's avatar
    7 years ago

    Place this into a new column and change the TableName & ColumnName to suit

     

    Remove Parenthesis = SUBSTITUTE (
    SUBSTITUTE ( 'TableName'[Column Name], "(", "" ),
    ")",
    "")

     

    Ian