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Parse between two semicolons

krichardson29
5 - Atom

I am trying to use the Regex tool to parse data between two semicolons. 

 

My data looks like this

;ba1234;dr-y12;
;ca5678;kr4356k2465;

 

I am trying to get it to look like this

ba1234dr-y12
ca5678kr4356k2465

 

How do I configure the Regex tool to do so?

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MichaelLaRose
10 - Fireball

Hi @krichardson29 

 

You can use the expression: ;([^;]*);([^;]*); when parsing.

 

Each of the two groups are "any non semi-colon" within the string.

 

See Attached.

 

Best,

Michael

OmarP
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

Don't you prefer the Text-to-column tool for this?

MichaelLaRose
10 - Fireball

Typically I would, it is much easier to get it to work.

 

In this case I assumed that there were other reasons that the regex tool was already being used.

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