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How to write a formula for parsing text and numbers, varied data structures

mvcarithers
5 - Atom

Hello!

 

I am trying to write a formula to break out the first part of a text column  from the last part. The data doesn't follow a structure except that the data needs to be parsed from the first integer. 

Currently, this information is all in one column

 

SOD.MIN-Q.CL 12/0,5L  MW
SOD.MIN-Q.MED12/075L  MW
testing       24/0,2L  MW
test-test30X4X6/033L PEW

 

Need the formula to create Column 1, and the remainder of the data in Column 2

Column 1

SOD.MIN-Q.CL

SOD.MIN-Q.MED

testing

test-test

 

Many thanks for any suggestions and your time!

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fmvizcaino
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hi @mvcarithers ,

 

I'm using the regex tool to separate as you need, the rule I'm using is to identifies everything but a digit in the 1st column.

 

Let me know if that works for you.

Best,

Fernando Vizcaino

mvcarithers
5 - Atom

Thank you so much. Worked beautifully. GREATLY APPRECIATED 

 

MarqueeCrew
20 - Arcturus
20 - Arcturus

@mvcarithers ,

 

You may want to use a REGEX tool configured to parse the data:

 

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The formula:  

 

(.*?)\s*(\d.*)

 

 

Looks for a group of text followed by a space (or not) then by a group of text starting with a number.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

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fmvizcaino
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Great @mvcarithers !

Please, mark the answer as correct if you feel the answer achieved your expectations.

 

Best,

Fernando V.

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