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RegEX Parse - Tokenizer

dhakim1996
8 - Asteroid

Hi, 

 

I am trying to use regex tokenizer function to remove ":" from a specific column. 

 

InputDesired Results
Administrative Expenses:Dues and subscriptionsAdministrative Expenses Dues and subscriptions

 

Could someone please let me know what should be in this "Regular Expression"

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Much appreciated. Thank you!

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DataNath
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hey @dhakim1996, if you're just wanting to replace the : then you don't need to use RegEx - you can just use the replace() function like so:

 

 

Replace([Input], ':', ' ')

 

 

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Edit: If you do insist on using RegEx, then you'd need the tool in the 'Replace' mode and just type in : as your target and a space as the replacement

 

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dhakim1996
8 - Asteroid

Hi @DataNath I would like to remove ":" and also separate it out into new columns like this. Any possible solution?

 

InputDesired Results
Administrative Expenses:Dues and subscriptionsAdministrative ExpensesDues and subscriptions
DataNath
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Oh I see @dhakim1996! In that case, I would just use the Text to Columns tool, with : as the delimiter and the number of rows as 2:

 

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PhilipMannering
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

The tokenize expression would be `[^:]+`, but do it @DataNath's way.

binuacs
21 - Polaris

@dhakim1996 one way of doing this with the tokenize method

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