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Take Right 6 characters of a string

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Posted on by TesDA 611

For some reason I'm getting an error on this function, does anyone know how to get the right 6 characters of a string?

 

substring(

      triggerOutputs()?['body/{Name}'],

      length(triggerOutputs()?['body/{Name}'])-6,

      6)

 

Error - the expression is invalid

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    ScottShearer 25,331 Most Valuable Professional on at

    @TesDA 

    You need a sub() expression to subtract the number of characters from the string length.

    See my example below:

    image.pngimage.png

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    TesDA 611 on at

    Worked flawlessly. Appreciate it!

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