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Split Words / Alphanumeric statements into rows for each character

caltang
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

As per the title. Here’s some sample data: 

1. Friedrich der Große

2. Jazz445566

3. Valois776633

4. 77@@omega@@77

 

Trying to get the delimiter right for text to columns to split into rows. Help appreciated!

Calvin Tang
Alteryx ACE
https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvintangkw/
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FinnCharlton
13 - Pulsar

Hey @caltang , if you want to split into a new row for each character, use the RegEx tool's Tokenise option, with just . as the expression:

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PhilipMannering
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

Do you mean like this @caltang ?

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caltang
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

For some reason my brain kept trying the Text to Columns tool when I knew it was Regex. Thanks @FinnCharlton , this is exactly what I want! Appreciate it man.

Calvin Tang
Alteryx ACE
https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvintangkw/
caltang
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hi @PhilipMannering sorry I think my sample data might have misled you. @FinnCharlton got it right - I want it by character. I did it before but somehow forgot, this was a helpful refresher! Thanks, by the way.

Calvin Tang
Alteryx ACE
https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvintangkw/
PhilipMannering
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

No worries. I misinterpretted. Of course if you just want characters (not spaces) you can use `\w`

caltang
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

This works too! Thanks man!

Calvin Tang
Alteryx ACE
https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvintangkw/
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