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Adjust fieldvalue (regex)

HeinzWaescher
Motivator

Hi,

I've got some fieldvalues like this:

field=aaaaaaaabbbbccccddddeeeeeeeeeeee

I would like to add a "-" after character 8,12,16 and 20:

field=aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee

Thanks for your help

Heinz

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dmlee
Communicator

Hi

if the length of this field is fixed , you can try this

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dmlee
Communicator

Hi

if the length of this field is fixed , you can try this

alt text

HeinzWaescher
Motivator

Hi dmlee,

yes, the length is fixed. "new_Heinz" is exaclty what I need 🙂 Thanks a lot!

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