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Splitting column

Jesstap
5 - Atom

Hello I am working in this assignment and can't seem to figure out how to solve for problem 1. I have have been using the text to column and was hoping to get some help. This is the problem "

  1. Output a csv file that splits the Payroll_ID field into two fields, Payroll_IDNumber and Payroll_IDDay. These fields should show the numeric portion of Payroll_ID and the text portion of Payroll_ID, respectively. Only show each value of Payroll_ID once (i.e., do not repeat Payroll_ID). Sort your data in ascending order by Payroll_IDNumber. Your solution should have the following headers:"

I have attached the data set. thank you 

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nkuipers
Alteryx
Alteryx

Hi @Jesstap,

 

I am not a wrangling expert and there is almost certainly more than one way to do it. I think you are on the right track with using the Text To Columns tool, but you may need to do a bit of pre-processing of the Payroll_ID field first, so as to introduce an appropriate delimiter to split on?

Christina_H
14 - Magnetar

It looks like there are always 8 digits followed by one or more letters?  If so, Left([Payroll_ID],8) will give you the number, and e.g. Substring([Payroll_ID],8) will give you the remaining text.