Remove characters in a string AFTER specific characters

[David Casper]

I'm needing to update the names of some assets and CIs by removing some ending characters. I need to look for ' - ' (that's space - space) and then remove the ' - ' plus the characters after that. 

Have not had to do this before, still looking into it. Thanks in advance for the assistance!

[Ankur Bawiskar]

Hi David,

regular expression should work fine when you know the pattern would match everytime

I would recommend string manipulation for simpler cases

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Thanks
Ankur

[Goran WitchDoc]

I would say both works without any specific Pros/Cons. Just a matter of personal preference, I think. So use what you feel most comfortable using. I would recommend learning RegEx for future cases since it can be powerful, and you will probably have a requirement in the future that RegEx is the solution for the requirement.

I'm no expert in RegEx, but when I started, I began with Chucks, both videos about it. I can't find them right now, but I bet @Chuck Tomasi have the links somewhere 😃 

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[Chuck Tomasi]

TechNow Episodes 31 and 32 on Regular Expressions can be found on the master list.

[David Casper]

Thanks @Chuck Tomasi and @Göran Lundqvist  !!!

[KLee19]

Can I modify this one to have a set end string?
Values in between will change.
?version and api will be the constant
original - ?version=1&modificationDate=1412296476867&api

Desired -  ?api