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Get first character of full name

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Hello,

 

I am trying to get the first character of the User name for the below example.

 

User IdUser name
AAHAAage Azel Hansen
AAMAAaron Maher
abemAbel Moller
AVHNAdam Victor Hansen Norgaard

 

How can I do that in Power automate? 

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    @Anonymous-

    You can use SUBSTRING Function.

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    substring(item()?['username'],0,1)

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