I’m trying to create a SWITCH formula checking for specific text within a field.
For instance, if there is a field with a bunch of random numbers and then a name, I want to check for the name in that field, not match the entirety of the text in the field.
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SWITCH formula If
+11Best answer by Justin_Barrett
Assuming that there’s nothing after the person’s name that needs to be omitted/ignored, this formula that uses a regular expression to extract only the name will work:
IF(
Source,
SWITCH(
REGEX_EXTRACT(Source, "[^\\d]*$"),
"Bob", "Bob's output",
"Jake", "Jake's output",
"Arnold", "Arnold's output"
)
)
If the source material is more complex, could you share a sample?
+21Assuming that there’s nothing after the person’s name that needs to be omitted/ignored, this formula that uses a regular expression to extract only the name will work:
IF(
Source,
SWITCH(
REGEX_EXTRACT(Source, "[^\\d]*$"),
"Bob", "Bob's output",
"Jake", "Jake's output",
"Arnold", "Arnold's output"
)
)
If the source material is more complex, could you share a sample?
+11Assuming that there’s nothing after the person’s name that needs to be omitted/ignored, this formula that uses a regular expression to extract only the name will work:
IF(
Source,
SWITCH(
REGEX_EXTRACT(Source, "[^\\d]*$"),
"Bob", "Bob's output",
"Jake", "Jake's output",
"Arnold", "Arnold's output"
)
)
If the source material is more complex, could you share a sample?
Hi Justin, you helped me out with this previously. The source material this year is formatted slightly differently, and I can't seem to get it to work. Here's an example of the source:
63101156321; 05945; 5574; ; ; 5574COMBS,GORDON
And I would like the formula to output "Gordon"
In addition what does the [^\\d]*$ do?
Thanks
+11I got it working. In my attempts I must have mis-typed something which mistakenly led me to believe my solution didn't work. Thanks again!
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