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Subset of a string between characters

RsRoel
6 - Meteoroid

I'm looking at creating a subset of a string that falls between certain characters: '[' and ']' in this case. I played around with Regex but couldn't figure it out up till now, as in certain cases there are more subsets within a single field.

 

For example:

 

InputOutput1Output2Output3
[abc]abc  
[abc]+[def]abcdef 
Substring([ghi], 3)+[jkl]+min([mno])ghijklmno

 

Anyone an idea?

 

Thanks

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BenMoss
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

When I cannot figure something out with Regex I try and think about how I would solve the problem without the Regex tool.

 

I've provided a solution here which gets your answer using the text to columns.

 

Ben

RsRoel
6 - Meteoroid

Great! Neat solution. Thanks Ben.

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