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mlogan
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

Hi All,

I have the following table with one variable call 'FullEntry'.  

 

FullEntry

khafiz (Kula Hafiz - Assistant Director, Vancouver, BC)
jthompson (Jill Thompson - Senior Education Officer, New York, NY)
tkewen (Tom John Kewen - Office Assistant, Los Angeles, CA)

 

I want to separate it out as follows. Can someone help please.

 

 

USER_ID          Name                 Position                                  City               State

 

khafiz               Kula Hafiz           Assistant Director                  Vancouver      BC
jthompson       Jill Thompson      Senior Education Officer       New York        NY
tkewen            Tom John Kewen  Office Assistant                     Los Angeles   CA

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Shmuel
Garnet | Level 18

separate by SCAN() using delimiter '()-,':

  USER_ID = scan(FullEntry,1,'()-,');

  Name      = scan(FullEntry,2,'()-,');     

  Position  = scan(FullEntry,3,'()-,');   

  City         = scan(FullEntry,4,'()-,'); 

 State        = scan(FullEntry,5,'()-,'); 

     

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Shmuel
Garnet | Level 18

separate by SCAN() using delimiter '()-,':

  USER_ID = scan(FullEntry,1,'()-,');

  Name      = scan(FullEntry,2,'()-,');     

  Position  = scan(FullEntry,3,'()-,');   

  City         = scan(FullEntry,4,'()-,'); 

 State        = scan(FullEntry,5,'()-,'); 

     

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