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split column based on different delimiters
Logically Anonymous how would you propose doing this?
You cannot use commas as the delimiter because that sometimes splits the names, not just groups of names.
You cannot use spaces as the delimiter because someone could have a space in their name - Jones, Mary Ann for example.
You cannot count spaces or commas because the data is inconsistent.
If you can come up with logic that will work, then we can help. Text.BeforeDelimiters(), Text.AfterDelimiters(), and Text.BetweenDelimiters() will likely be the most useful here, but without having some sort of logical consistency to work with, it is going to be difficult to make this work.
- Anonymous5 years agoNot applicable
Hi edhans ,
Thank you for looking into my problem.
You are right, it is exactly my issue that there is no logical consitency in the data in order to write a general rule. .I was hoping I had overseen something that you experienced users could see 🙂.
But I think it is not doable then.
Thanks again!
Lone