Removing the last 2 charters of a part attribute 1

[CADMANSOUTH]

Is the are was to remove or replace the last 2 charters of a part attribute.

For example in Excel I can use the SUBSTITUTE command like this:
=SUBSTITUTE("DRAWING_D10",10,20)
and the value in the cell would be DRAWING_D10

I am using NX8.5 :-(

 

[looslib]

Depends on how you are doing it.
In GRIP, you could read the attribute, then use substr to get a substring of the attribute, add your new characters and then resave the attribute to the file.
I'm sure it can be done in a journal, too.


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[cowski]

Create a string expression that uses the "charReplace" command and references the existing attribute. This will result in an expression that you can reference on your drawing.

www.nxjournaling.com

 

[CADMANSOUTH]

Thanks, cowski!

I think this is just what I needed. I went

Expressions is set the TYPE = STRING

Then tried this:

charReplace("YYYnXX" , "n", "-")

The expression now = YYY-XX

I have to play with it some more, but this was just what I was looking for.

Thanks, cowski!