https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/need-to-truncate-remove-leading-characters-with/m-p/1298575#M70166 <P>Depending on your naming scheme:</P><LI-CODE lang="python"># if it's always the same start: !GeoID!.replace("1000000US", "") # if the number can change: !GeoID!.split("US")[-1]</LI-CODE> Tue, 13 Jun 2023 14:43:51 GMT JohannesLindner 2023-06-13T14:43:51Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/need-to-truncate-remove-leading-characters-with/m-p/1298568#M70165 <P>Hello, I simply need to truncate (remove) some leading characters with the Field Calculator, but can't recall which Python command I need to use. The purpose is to create a common field to Join Census Data with TIGER. See below:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Craig_Eissler_Iceman_0-1686666707842.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/73040i164AFC8693E48925/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Craig_Eissler_Iceman_0-1686666707842.png" alt="Craig_Eissler_Iceman_0-1686666707842.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 13 Jun 2023 14:32:30 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/need-to-truncate-remove-leading-characters-with/m-p/1298568#M70165 Craig_Eissler_Iceman 2023-06-13T14:32:30Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/need-to-truncate-remove-leading-characters-with/m-p/1298575#M70166 <P>Depending on your naming scheme:</P><LI-CODE lang="python"># if it's always the same start: !GeoID!.replace("1000000US", "") # if the number can change: !GeoID!.split("US")[-1]</LI-CODE> Tue, 13 Jun 2023 14:43:51 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/need-to-truncate-remove-leading-characters-with/m-p/1298575#M70166 JohannesLindner 2023-06-13T14:43:51Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/need-to-truncate-remove-leading-characters-with/m-p/1298584#M70168 <P>Ah yes, "Replace" -- thanks!</P> Tue, 13 Jun 2023 14:57:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/need-to-truncate-remove-leading-characters-with/m-p/1298584#M70168 Craig_Eissler_Iceman 2023-06-13T14:57:25Z