Question

my problem is rather simple (i think), but I just can’t make it work. I have numbers in a field that look like this 1;2.3 but sometimes they look like this 1;2.3 – 4;5.6
What I have to do is:
If there is the ‘-‘ char, get the first part (1;2.3). Otherwise get the whole thing.
I did something to get the left part

Left([age_years];InStr(1;[age_years];" - ")-1))

but when there is just one part it gives me a #Func! result.
So I tried

mths: IIf(InStr([age_years]>0;"-");[age_years];Left([age_years];InStr(1;[age_years];" - ")-1))

but it didn’t work at all. Gave me just a bunch of #Error!, and I cannt see what I’m doing wrong.

Help please!

Answer 1

How about:

IIf(InStr([age_years];"-")=0;[age_years];Left([age_years];InStr(1;[age_years];" - ")-1))

You need to decide between ” – ” and “-“, I have left it, but you should pick one.