Split regexp (splitre)

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Description

Splits a string by a given regular expression and returns only the selected piece (counting from 0).

How does it work in the search window?

Select Create column in the search window toolbar, then select the Split regexp operation. You need to specify three arguments:

Argument	Data type

Argument	Data type
Split ^mandatory	string
by regexp ^mandatory	regexp
and return piece ^mandatory	integer

The data type of the values in the new column is string.

Example

In the demo.ecommerce.data table, we want to create a new column removing the seconds and milliseconds of every string in the timestamp column. We need to use the part of the string that comes after the third : ocurrence as separator and return only the first piece of each value. For example, in the timestamp value 24/Jun/2019:07:25:52 +0000 the separator will be :52, so the value returned will be24/Jun/2019:07:25. To do it, we will create a new column using the Split regexp operation.

The arguments needed to create the new column are:

Split - timestamp column
by regexp - Click the pencil icon and enter :.. +
and return piece - Click the pencil icon and enter 0 (remember the count starts as 0)

Click Create column and you will see the following result:

How does it work in LINQ?

Use the operator select... as... and add the operation syntax to create the new column. This is the syntax for the Split regexp operation:

splitre(string, re(string), piece_integer)
splitre(string, regexp, piece_integer)

Example

You can copy the following LINQ script and try the above example on the demo.ecommerce.data table.

from demo.ecommerce.data
select splitre(timestamp, re(":.. +"), 0) as timestamp_no_seconds_milliseconds