Changing the order of a name - from surname, first name to first name, surname - can it be done?
Hi,
I've got a dataset that has the first name and surname comma separated but with surname first ie:
Lewis, Danny
Whereas I ideally want
Danny Lewis
Is this possible in Beast Mode? If not how would I transform at ETL level?
Many thanks in advance!
D
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Hi @DannyLewis
If the format is the same with LAST NAME, FIRST NAME then yes, you can utilize a beast mode to reorganize your names.
Here's some examples using TRIM (trim / remove spaces from the start and beginning of a string), INSTR (find the location of a string inside another string) and SUBSTR (take a part of a string) functions.
First Name
TRIM(SUBSTRING(`Name`, INSTR(`Name`, ',') + 1, LENGTH(`Name`) - INSTR(`Name`, ','))) -- + 1 to ignore comma
Last Name
TRIM(SUBSTRING(`Name`, 1, INSTR(`Name`, ',') - 1)) -- -1 to ignore the comma
Combining them both together using CONCAT
CONCAT( TRIM(SUBSTRING(`Name`, INSTR(`Name`, ',') + 1, LENGTH(`Name`) - INSTR(`Name`, ','))) -- + 1 to ignore comma , ' ' , TRIM(SUBSTRING(`Name`, 1, INSTR(`Name`, ',') - 1)) -- -1 to ignore the comma )
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