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How do I create an eval statement to combine similar fields?

dbcase
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Hi,

If I have data that looks like this

abc
abc456
xyz
xyz456

How could I create an eval statement that says

if field1=abc or if field1=field1+456 then field1=field1?

Meaning, combine "abc" and "abc456", and combine "xyz" and "xyz456" together.

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dbcase
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Solved it, used the like function

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dbcase
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Solved it, used the like function

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dbcase
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A bit more info as I think I gave a poor example

abc can be 3 positions or it could be abcdef (more than 3 positions), however, 456 is always consistent

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