Show partial value of attribute in title block

[Kenevil]

I'm using <W@$SH_PART_NAME> to call up the part number for my title block but my part number also contains a description. Is there a way to show the first 8 characters of the attribute being called?

So using <W@$SH_PART_NAME> + some magic on "12345678-A Bracket Asy" will only show "12345678"?

This is only a problem because I'm stuck with what I have.

 

[cowski]

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[Kenevil]

Perfect! Thanks, this is working great for me and opening a world of possibilities.

Now I'm searching for something to count the number of characters in a string so I can set my substring value to it less 4. This is to eliminate ".prt" at the end of my ug_askcurrentworkpart().
As I'm typing this, I'm thinking I saw a find / replace function that might do the trick.

I used a bunch of IF statements to find the location of the first space. It works but I'm suspecting there's a function that is more efficient.

Thanks!

 

[Kenevil]

AH! you just answered one of these!