Diesel expression that gets part of a file name and adds a character

[chris.slattery]

I have a diesel expression that is retrieving the first 5 characters of the file name. I do not want to change the file name, I would like to add a dash between the first and second characters of the file name within the diesel expression.

example file name TXXXX ABCDEF.dwg. I am trying to get the displayed text to be T-XXXX.

[hmsilva · Accepted solution]

Try

$(substr, $(getvar, dwgname), 2, 1,)-$(substr, $(getvar, dwgname), 3, 4,)

Hope this helps,
Henrique

[chris.slattery]

Thanks hmsilva, this is what I was looking for.

[hmsilva]

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@chris.slattery wrote:

Thanks hmsilva, this is what I was looking for.

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You're welcome, @chris.slattery 
Glad I could help

Henrique