How to replace multiple occurrences of a character with just one instance of the same character

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Hello,
I am trying to replace multiple instances of a character from a string with just one instance of the same character.
eg: input string - “ABC<EFG<<HIJK<<<LMNO<<<<<<<<<<<<P”
output string - “ABC<EFG<HIJK<LMNO<P”

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Please check with InStr function and condition of “<<” each time of the string.
if it get pass then replace “<<” with “<” and loop until get clear all “<<” characters in parent string.
Replace.xaml (9.7 KB)

Hope my inputs are useful

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@jamnanin
See this post it might help you.

Replace the Pattern by “<{2,}”

Regards,
Mahesh

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I am getting an error reading the activity

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You need Microsoft.Activities.Extentions package.
else
just use Replace function in assign activity.

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i have it installed

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Regex.Replace(aa, “<{2,}”, “<”)

this worked just fine. thanks for the help

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cant find it in the dropdown of microsoft activities too