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divide long sap order numbers with mess unknown dividers in between

lilyyangadsk
9 - Comet

I try to parse SAP order number original column as attachment to split 1,2,3,4..., but there are different SAP order numbers in between input by sales rep with ' or ; or and or space etc, can teach how to parse order number in such mess case? thank you

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Qiu
21 - Polaris
21 - Polaris

@lilyyangadsk 
Maybe this is what you want.

Appreciate if you could mark it as accept if you find it useful.

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atcodedog05
22 - Nova
22 - Nova

Hi @lilyyangadsk 

 

Here is a workflow for the task.

Output:

atcodedog05_0-1604921150009.png

 

Workflow:

atcodedog05_1-1604921165971.png

 

Hope this helps 🙂


If this post helps you please mark it as solution. And give a like if you dont mind 😀👍

jdunkerley79
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

I would suggest two steps:

jdunkerley79_0-1604921432858.png

 

- Normalise the separators using RegEx

REGEX_Replace(
REGEX_Replace([Field1], " and |\)\(|[ ,;]+", "|"),
"^\(|\)$", "")

- Use split to columns to break it up

 

Have attached a sample

lilyyangadsk
9 - Comet

thank you it works well for me. 😀

lilyyangadsk
9 - Comet

thank you, I think this is also good ways.

atcodedog05
22 - Nova
22 - Nova

Happy to help 🙂 @lilyyangadsk 

 

Cheers and Happy Analyzing 😀

lilyyangadsk
9 - Comet

thank you, it works well and this is good ways, just a bit complex to me. 😅

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