This operator splits a column into multiple columns
Operator Usage in Easy Mode
- Click + on the parent node.
- Enter the wording Split Column in the search field under
What do you want to automate?
and select the Split Column operator from the Results to open the operator form. - In the Input Table drop-down, enter or select the table containing the data to run this operator on.
- In the Input Column drop-down, enter or select the list of columns to split. You can add multiple columns using comma-separated values.
- In the Split Regex drop-down, enter the specific Regex on which a column is to be split.
👍 Additional Information
Regex (Regular expression) is a sequence of characters that specifies a search pattern in the text. Used by string-searching algorithms for "find" or "find and replace" operations on strings, or for input validation.
- In the Output Column, click
+ Add more
and name the respective output columns in which split values from the input column will be stored. - Click Run to view the result.
- Click Save to add the operator to the playbook.
- Click Cancel to discard the operator form.
Usage Details
LQL command
splitColumn(table, inputColumn, splitRegex, outputColumns)
table
(TableReference): The input table
inputColumn
(ColumnReference): The name of the column from the input table which needs to be split
splitRegex
(String): The regex on which a column is to be split
outputColumns
(String[]): The name of the output columns in which split values from the input column will be stored
Example
Input
isEmployee | salary | designation | |
---|---|---|---|
Chadwick_Ainsworth9303@supunk.biz | true | 2986 | HR |
Aeris_Bristow8797@famism.biz | false | 2986.7910022 | Banker |
mathew@outlook.com | null | 3982 | IT |
john@gmail.com | true | 293782 | Media |
You can extract the values using the below query in LQL.
LQL Command
splitColumn(nodeData1, $.email, "@", ["name","domain"])
Output
isEmployee | salary | designation | name | domain | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chadwick_Ainsworth9303@supunk.biz | true | 2986 | HR | Chadwick_Ainsworth9303 | supunk.biz |
Aeris_Bristow8797@famism.biz | false | 2986.7910022 | Banker | Aeris_Bristow8797 | famism.biz |
mathew@outlook.com | null | 3982 | IT | mathew | outlook.com |
john@gmail.com | true | 293782 | Media | john | gmail.com |