Remove http:// and https:// in a Website URL

[jatienza]

Hi,

Need help in removing http:// and https:// in a website and add www. if it does have www. after removing http:// or https://, please samples below:

Raw Data:

http://www.sm.com

https://www.tracker.com

http://uncle.com

https://foryou.com

Output:

www.sm.com

www.tracker.com

www.uncle.com

www.foryou.com

Thanks,

Jaime

[Felipe_Ribeir0 · Accepted solution]

Hi @jatienza 

One way of doing this

REGEX_Replace([Field1], '(https{0,1}:\/\/)(www){0,1}\.{0,1}', 'www.')

[binu_acs · Accepted solution]

@jatienza One way of doing this

[Luke_C · Accepted solution]

Hi @jatienza 

Try something like this. The regex replace keeps everything after the slash. It also uses a contains function to determine if www needs to be added.

[jatienza]

Thanks @Felipe_Ribeir0, it's working..

[BS_THE_ANALYST]

@jatienza Nice problem! RegEx to the rescue 😂. Solution using an optional non-capturing group! I only learnt about them last week, very useful things.

To explain what it's doing: .*\/{2}(?:www\.)?

.*\/{2} means: any characters followed by exactly 2 forward slashes. Foward slash is a special character, you must escape it using: \/ (backslash)
(?:www\.)? means: an optional group. I.e. some strings may contain it, some strings may not. But if they do, please recognise it. i.e. optional non-capturing so that we can replace it. 

Everything together: .*\/{2}(?:www\.)? if you find this match in the string, replace it with: www.