trimming a field of type varchar

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srinivas Guduru
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trimming a field of type varchar

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Hi

I have a field (column) of type varchar and values like below

$60000 cash
$3835.50 MRY SINGLE.

I want to populate like below

$6000
$3835.50

can any one suggest me the solution

Thanks
Srini
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Use the Field() function to take the first field from a space delimited string.
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Post by srinivas Guduru »

chulett wrote:Use the Field() function to take the first field from a space delimited string.
The length of the field may vary , because originally field type and length is varchar 254.

can you give me the function syntax

thanks

Srini
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Post by vinothkumar »

Field(columnname,' ',1)
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