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RegEx

SylviaK
8 - Asteroid

Hi 

 

I am trying to get the date out of the comments column using RegEx. 

 

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I used this expression. but it doesn't seem to work. What am I doing wrong?

 

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Many thanks, 

Sylvia

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Ladarthure
14 - Magnetar
14 - Magnetar

Hi @SylviaK,

 

I used this regex, may not be the best but it worked on my side : 

 

(\w+\s\d+\,\s\d{4})\s.+

 

Hope it helped!

AshleyL
Alteryx
Alteryx

Hi @SylviaK,

 

I've attached a sample workflow. I would suggest using Parse and then if you want to convert the new separated date into a date data type, you'd use the DateTime tool.

 

If you wanted to use replace, I would uncheck 'Copy unmatched text to output'.

 

Does this help?

Ashley

neilgallen
12 - Quasar

In this case you need to replace the \n with \d to signify digits. The rest of the expression should work!

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