Get first string first character and last string first character seperated with spaces

I have a column with first, last and middle names together separated with spaces as below,

Stephen A

Jahn John F

Antony G

Mary G

Nick J N

I would like to get the first letter of first name and last letter with initial as below. With few names having middle names I just want to get first and last initials. How can I get that,

S A

J F

A G

M G

N N

Regex

Accepted answers

LordNeilLord

Hey @ssphv

This uses one of favourite formulas in Alteryx...GetWord....

Left(GetWord([Field1], 0),1) + " " + Left(GetWord([Field1], CountWords([Field1])-1),1)

Neil

All comments

LordNeilLord

Hey @ssphv

This uses one of favourite formulas in Alteryx...GetWord....

Left(GetWord([Field1], 0),1) + " " + Left(GetWord([Field1], CountWords([Field1])-1),1)

Neil

JohnJPS

Use the RegEx tool with the expression (.).*\s(.).* and set it to Parse.

This will grab the first character (.) then any number of characters .* until a string where we'll grab the first character (.), which will be followed by any number of characters .* (remaining in said string).

The parentheses mean those characters are "marked" and thus returned as fields in the tool output.

Hope that helps!

John

ssphv

That works as expected! Thank you!

DeanLewis

Quick Links

This months top contributors

LanisC 335

hhaigh1 280

erich_shiino 280

FláviaB 262

JORGE4900 235