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Extract Text

Hi folks,

I need some help.

Need to extract a string from another string. 

<SOME TEXT HERE> : It can be a great text or a simple text.

 

It can be in DAX or in Function M

 

TEXTResult
<SOME TEXT HERE> Accepted by: Williams Portela <SOME TEXT HERE>Williams Portela
<SOME TEXT HERE> Accepted by: Rose Davis Harris <SOME TEXT HERE>Rose Davis
<SOME TEXT HERE> Accepted by: James Anderson Taylor <SOME TEXT HERE>James Anderson

 

Can anyone help me?

 

TKssss!!!!

 

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You can Merge these all together with VAR or nested logic, but I've broken them out to show the thought process flow...

 
Colon Search = FIND(":", Table1[TEXT],,1)
 
1st Space after Colon = FIND(" ", Table1[TEXT], (Table1[Colon Search]+2) ,1)
 
2nd Space after Colon = FIND(" ", Table1[TEXT], (Table1[1st Space after Colon]+1) ,1)
 
Name = MID(Table1[TEXT],Table1[Colon Search]+1,[2nd Space after Colon]-Table1[Colon Search])

 




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TEXTResult
<SOME TEXT HERE> Accepted by: Williams Portela <SOME TEXT HERE>Williams Portela
<SOME TEXT HERE> Accepted by: Rose Davis Harris <SOME TEXT HERE>Rose Davis
<SOME TEXT HERE> Accepted by: James Anderson Taylor <SOME TEXT HERE>James Anderson

 

Are you OK with logic that says 'the next two words after a ":"?




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exacly

Capture.PNG

 

You can Merge these all together with VAR or nested logic, but I've broken them out to show the thought process flow...

 
Colon Search = FIND(":", Table1[TEXT],,1)
 
1st Space after Colon = FIND(" ", Table1[TEXT], (Table1[Colon Search]+2) ,1)
 
2nd Space after Colon = FIND(" ", Table1[TEXT], (Table1[1st Space after Colon]+1) ,1)
 
Name = MID(Table1[TEXT],Table1[Colon Search]+1,[2nd Space after Colon]-Table1[Colon Search])

 




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