Removing number appended at the end from a string field

Hi,
I have a string field which has numbers appended to its end. I need to remove the numbers and display only the string values.
The string is not of fixed length, and the numeric values can be single digit or 2 digits and might be separate by a space but not always.
Here is some sample data:
SHOWCASE NOTT12
SHOWCASE PETE12
SHOWCASE BRIST7
SHOWCASE READI1
CINEDROME PAD1
RITZ BELPER 1
STEPH.JOSEPH S1
I need to display this as below (without any numbers appended at the end)
SHOWCASE NOTT
SHOWCASE PETE
SHOWCASE BRIST
SHOWCASE READI
CINEDROME PAD
RITZ BELPER
STEPH.JOSEPH S
Please let me know how this can be achieved.
Thanks!

Hi there,
Just a quick option is to use the REPLACE function, i.e.
REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE({contr_actv.dept_id},'1' ,''),'2', ''), '3', '');
You just have to build it up a little more so it caters for numbers 0 - 9. At the moment it only works for numbers 1 - 3. Another way you could do this is write some code to loop through the length of the string looking at each individual character to test for a number.
I don't have time today to write something like that but the above should work as long as you don't have numbers in the middle of names etc.
Cheers,
Chris

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