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Word count

Jackmcc26
6 - Meteoroid
‎09-14-2021 06:26 AM

Hi all, working on a dataset currently, I am wanting to find (within 1 column) which fields have 5 words or more within them. There are 1500 rows altogether. But yes i am wanting to find those with 5 words or more. How would i do this? 

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bensilv
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)
‎09-14-2021 06:41 AM

Hi @Jackmcc26 , what you're looking for is a formula tool (followed by a filter) using the CountWords() function.

 

See the attached workflow

 

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Wordcount.yxmd
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Jackmcc26
6 - Meteoroid
‎09-14-2021 06:57 AM

Appreciate the quick responses!

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