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How to correctly split column?

HW1
9 - Comet

I have a column with values as below

 

RecordIDValue
19Date Ref No Description PO Qty Price Total
2001/02/21 583772.0 Empty 1.5 Cubic Metres (FL) - General Waste 1 $46.70 $46.70
4105/02/21  586281.0 Empty 1100 Litre Bin - Paper Cardboard Recyclin 1 $5.18 $5.18
4209/02/21 586867.0 Empty 1100 Litre Bin - Paper Cardboard Recyclin 2 $5.18 $10.36
10611/02/21  588522.0 Empty 1100 Litre (Combo) - Container Recycling 10 $16.13 $161.30
16617/02/21  590708.1 Empty 240 Litre - Container Recycling 1 $10.01 $10.01
26020/02/21 592480.1 Empty 1100 Litre Bin - General Waste 1 $27.80 $27.80
48901/02/21 583881.2 Empty 660 Litre (Combo) - Container Recycling 7 $12.90 $90.30
55702/02/21 984332.0 Empty 1100 Litre Bin - Paper Cardboard Recyclin 1 $7.00 $7.00

 

I want it to be correctly split as:

 

RecordIDDateRef NoDescriptionPOQtyPriceTotal
201/02/2021583772Empty 1.5 Cubic Metres (FL) - General Waste  1$46.70$46.70
415/02/2021586281Empty 1100 Litre Bin - Paper Cardboard Recyclin  1$5.18$5.18
429/02/2021586867Empty 1100 Litre Bin - Paper Cardboard Recyclin  2$5.18$10.36
10611/02/2021588522Empty 1100 Litre (Combo) - Container Recycling 10$16.13$161.30
16617/02/2021590708.1Empty 240 Litre - Container Recycling 1$10.01$10.01
26020/02/2021592480.1Empty 1100 Litre Bin - General Waste 1$27.80$27.80
4891/02/2021583881.2Empty 660 Litre (Combo) - Container Recycling 7$12.90$90.30
5572/02/2021984332Empty 1100 Litre Bin - Paper Cardboard Recyclin  1$7.00$7.00

 

I am trying text to columns tool however, I am not able to parse it correctly.

 

Help will be much appreciated.

 

Thanks

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danilang
19 - Altair
19 - Altair

Hi @HW1 

 

You can do it with a couple of Regex Parse tools like this

 

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The first one splits out Date, Ref No, Desc+PO+QTY, Price and Total.  The second one splits Desc+PO+QTY into Description and QTY.  The formula tool adds a blank PO field, since your data doesn't include any PO information

 

Dan

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