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Regex Parse Help

jenner85
8 - Asteroid

Hi - 

How do I parse out 

 

Q3_2021_Leads

 

to make it 

 

Q3 2021

 

Thanks!

2 REPLIES 2
phottovy
13 - Pulsar
13 - Pulsar

Hi @jenner85 

 

I was able to use the RegEx tool with the replace option to accomplish this. Here is my expression:

 

(Q\d)_(\d{4})

 

Q\d = find the letter Q followed by a single digit

\d{4} = find 4 digits

 

By putting those two in parentheses, I can keep those original values by using $1 and $2 in the "Replacement Text" section.

 

phottovy_0-1628705604295.png

 

JagdeeshN
12 - Quasar
12 - Quasar

Hi @jenner85 ,

 

Is regex a requirement to do this?

 

Have you looked into using the text to columns tool?

 

Please find attached a sample workflow to do that.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Best,

Jagdeesh

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