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                                    | Darts75Starting Member
 
 
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                                            |  Posted - 2015-03-24 : 00:14:32 
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                                            | Hi Everyone,I want to return the character(s) in a string directly after a dash (-) character. For example in the following numbers 72187-1 & 72187-2 I am interested in returning 1 & 2 respectively.It is possible in my scenario that the number after the dash is two digits long, e.g.: 72187-12 in which case I want to return 12.Any help here will be greatly appreciated.Kind Regards,David |  |  
                                    | sz1Aged Yak Warrior
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2015-03-24 : 05:31:12 
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                                          | Try:Will return all chars after the - SELECT REVERSE(LEFT(REVERSE('72187-2'),CHARINDEX('-',REVERSE('72187-2'))-1))We are the creators of our own reality! |  
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