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Removing leading and trailing symbols from a string for numeric conversion

bonddodla
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I have a field Threshold which has a value "+-5%", ">20%", "<30%" etc, which i want to convert into a number.

Could you please suggest how can i remove the leading and trailing symbols so that i can achieve the numeric value only.

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niketn
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@bonddodla try the following rex command on your Threshold field

| rex field="Threshold" "(?<Threshold>\d+)"

Following is a run anywhere example based on sample data provided in the question

| makeresults
| eval Threshold="+-5%,>20%,<30%"
| makemv Threshold delim=","
| mvexpand Threshold
| rex field="Threshold" "(?<Threshold>\d+)"
____________________________________________
| makeresults | eval message= "Happy Splunking!!!"

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bonddodla
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Thanks. It worked

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niketn
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@bonddodla try the following rex command on your Threshold field

| rex field="Threshold" "(?<Threshold>\d+)"

Following is a run anywhere example based on sample data provided in the question

| makeresults
| eval Threshold="+-5%,>20%,<30%"
| makemv Threshold delim=","
| mvexpand Threshold
| rex field="Threshold" "(?<Threshold>\d+)"
____________________________________________
| makeresults | eval message= "Happy Splunking!!!"
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