REGEX Extracting Names

MycahD

Hello, Regex question here..

I am attempting to extract names from a string similiar to this but haven't had any luck:

Submitter:

["Joe Smith ","Jill Smith"]

I would like to retain the commas between names so that I can split these values to different columns afterwards, like this:

Desired Result:

Joe Smith, Jill Smith

Any suggestions on a regular expression that will perform this in ETL would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Mycah

MarkSnodgrass

I would use the formula tile and use the replace function multiple times to remove those characters.

Something like this:

REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(fieldname,'[',''),']',''),'"','')

GrantSmith

Are you simply looking to just remove the open and close brackets and the double quotes?

MycahD

Hi @GrantSmith. I am looking to remove the open and close brackets, double quotes, and return the result into a new column. Preserving the comma so that I can split the names into multiple columns later.

I was attempting to complete this with the Replace Text tile in ETL. But had no luck.

MarkSnodgrass

I would use the formula tile and use the replace function multiple times to remove those characters.

Something like this:

REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(fieldname,'[',''),']',''),'"','')

MycahD

Thank you @MarkSnodgrass , worked like a charm!