I’m working on an Airtable project and need help with a formula. My field contains text like ‘[ABC] Some Content’. I want to remove everything up to and including the first square bracket and space.
For example:
I’ve tried a few approaches but can’t get it right. Any ideas on how to make this work? Thanks for any suggestions!
I’ve encountered a similar issue in my Airtable projects. A reliable solution is to use the REGEX_EXTRACT function. Here’s a formula that should work:
REGEX_EXTRACT({YourField}, ‘]\s*(.*)’)
This extracts everything after the closing bracket and space. If there’s no bracket, it returns the original text. It’s more robust than using FIND and RIGHT, especially if you have multiple brackets in your text.
Remember to replace {YourField} with your actual field name. Test it on a few records to ensure it behaves as expected across different scenarios.
As someone who’s been using Airtable for various projects, I’ve come across this issue before. While the previous suggestions are valid, I’ve found a slightly different approach that’s been quite reliable for me.
Try this formula:
REGEX_REPLACE({YourField}, ‘^[.?]\s’, ‘’)
This uses REGEX_REPLACE to remove everything from the start of the string up to and including the first closing bracket and any following spaces. It’s flexible enough to handle cases with or without brackets.
What I like about this method is that it’s concise and handles edge cases well. It won’t affect strings without brackets, and it’ll work even if there are multiple sets of brackets in your text.
Just remember to swap {YourField} with your actual field name. Give it a test run on a few different entries to make sure it’s behaving as expected across your dataset.
hey dancingfox, try this formula:
IF(FIND(“[”, {YourField}) > 0,
RIGHT({YourField}, LEN({YourField}) - FIND(“]”, {YourField}) - 1),
{YourField}
)
this should work for what u need. lmk if u have any issues!