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Best answer

Filter if "name" is not capitalized

  • 1 December 2020
  • 7 replies
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Can I filter if a name IS NOT capitalized?

New order in shopify

Filter if “name” starts with “N”

Continue if name starts with “n”

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Best answer by christina.d 7 June 2022, 00:32

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Troy Tessalone
Userlevel 7
Badge +14

Filter: Starts with this filter is NOT case sensitive.

[ADVANCED] You may have to use a Code step before a Filter step to do that comparison: https://zapier.com/apps/code/help

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nicksimard
Userlevel 7
Badge +11

Hi @Myselfie ApS!

As an alternative to what Troy suggested above, you could check out the Extract Pattern function of our Formatter by Zapier app. I don’t know the exact RegEx you would use, but I thought I’d mention it in case you felt more comfortable with that than Python or Javascript.

M

I pretty much need to do it INSIDE the filter step.
If I do it before i end up wasting a lot of tasks.

andywingrave
Userlevel 7
Badge +9

If you need this to happen straight after the trigger so you’re not wasting tasks, it might be worth looking to see if there’s a way to calculate this at the point of sale - So you have a true value to filter on. 

ikbelkirasan
Userlevel 7
Badge +12

I don’t think it’s possible with the filter step alone without specifying every condition explicitly.

 

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AndrewJDavison_Luhhu
Userlevel 7
Badge +10

@Myselfie ApS 
Just checking in to see if you still need help with this? 

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christina.d
Userlevel 7
Badge +9

Hey there, friends! I wanted to pop in and summarize some of the recommendations here! 

Filter: Starts with this filter is NOT case sensitive.

[ADVANCED] You may have to use a Code step before a Filter step to do that comparison: https://zapier.com/apps/code/help

 Nick mentions an alternative to code here:

Hi @Myselfie ApS!

As an alternative to what Troy suggested above, you could check out the Extract Pattern function of our Formatter by Zapier app. I don’t know the exact RegEx you would use, but I thought I’d mention it in case you felt more comfortable with that than Python or Javascript.

Andy also had this recommendation to consider to avoid wasting tasks: 

If you need this to happen straight after the trigger so you’re not wasting tasks, it might be worth looking to see if there’s a way to calculate this at the point of sale - So you have a true value to filter on. 

I hope this helps! 

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