How to extract a string from a sensor attribute?

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I want to extract the first word of a message attribute.
This:
{{ state_attr(‘calendar.ashford_borough_council’, ‘message’) }}

produces this:
Recycling (green bin / clear sacks)

How can i parse it and just extract the ‘Recycling’

2

I think this can do it
{{ state_attr(‘calendar.ashford_borough_council’, ‘message’).split(' ')[0] }}

3

Nice one thanks!

(the apostrophes weren’t right, but that’s just a copy/paste formatting issue)

4

Yeah, I did not see the autocorrect on the apostrophes. Good catch! :slight_smile: