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Help with Parsing

NateN
5 - Atom

Hello,

 

I have a column that I am having difficulty parsing. I have attached an excel file to better demonstrate the issue. I would like the parse column A into three columns as shown in columns B, C, and D. I believe the parse function of the RegEx tool would work well for this task, but I am having difficulties mastering the tool. Does anyone know of a simpler method to accomplish the task? Any and all help would be greatly appreciated! 

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NateN
5 - Atom

Sorry, I attached the old version of the excel file to the original post. Please refer to the excel file in this comment for the correct file. 

brindhan
9 - Comet

Hi @NateN

Here's your solution. Hope this helps.

Tool- regex

Output method- Parse

Expression-   ([^(?:total)].+)\((\<\w+\>)\s\$(.+)\)

 

PS: You will have to use a data cleansing tool after this to remove unwanted spaces from the above output.

 

Cheers,

Brindha

jdunkerley79
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

As always with Alteryx there are many ways to do this.

 

I would use a formula tool with expression:

ToNumber(Replace(REGEX_Replace([F1],"^.*\$([0-9,]+).*?$", "$1"),",",""))

This does 3 steps:

1. Pick out the number part - REGEX_Replace([F1],"^.*\$([0-9,]+).*?$", "$1")

2. Remove the Commas - Replace( ... ,",",""))

3. Convert to a number

 

Sample attached.

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