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Posted on by jruiz 9

I have this kind of  texts individualy: 

 

Jesus Cana en Tajamar anonima

Juan Peres en Alborada

Enrique Ruiz en Tajamar anomina

The common of all is: en and a blank space after en.

 

How can I get only what is after en and blank space?

The result I want  is:

1 Tajamar anonima

2 Alborada

3 Tajamar anonima 

I 

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  • miketran13 Profile Picture
    miketran13 720 on at

    Hi,

     

    You can split your text by a custom delimiter: 'en ' then you just need to take the second element from the text list result, so you will have your text.

     

    text.png

    Thanks and hope it can help you. 

    Mike

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  • jruiz Profile Picture
    jruiz 9 on at

    I dont manage to show the second part. Hos to select the second part of text Tajamar Anonima?

     

    imagen1.pngimagen2.png

  • ZS440 Profile Picture
    ZS440 262 on at

    To specify a list by index, write it like this

    %TextList[1]%

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    miketran13 Profile Picture
    miketran13 720 on at

    Hello, 

     

    Answer from @ZS440 is correct, that is how you can get the second part of the text from the text list.

     

    Thanks and hope it can help you. 

    Mike

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