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Hopefully a simple question here:

 

Can someone explain why neither of these work and what is the alternative?  I am trying to split first and last name.

thankyou

 

Split(BrowseGallery1.Selected.FinancialDelegate.DisplayName, " ")..... this didn't work so I thought I'd try this:

Split(Text(BrowseGallery1.Selected.FinancialDelegate.DisplayName), " ")

 

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  • Shaheer Ahmad Profile Picture
    2,194 Moderator on at

    Whats happening here is that you are not getting the display name from gallery as it is a lookup... check and see if you are able to get the name in a variable or in another text label.

     

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    LaurensM Profile Picture
    12,516 Moderator on at

    Hi @everdingk,

     

    I just did a quick test on my end and your first code should work:

    Split(BrowseGallery1.Selected.FinancialDelegate.DisplayName, " ")

    Do note that the Split function will return a table with a column called Value.

     

    You can display the result via that function in e.g. a Gallery control, or use the Index function to fetch either the First / Last name and display it in a label outside of the gallery:

    //Label outside the gallery
    //Use either 1 or 2 as the second Index parameter
    Index(Split(BrowseGallery1.Selected.FinancialDelegate.DisplayName, " "), 1).Value

     

    Should you want to display the First and Last name separately within the gallery, use ThisItem instead of Gallery.Selected:

    //Label inside the gallery
    //Use either 1 or 2 as the second Index parameter
    Index(Split(ThisItem.FinancialDelegate.DisplayName, " "), 1).Value

     

    If this solves your question, would you be so kind as to accept it as a solution & give it a thumbs up.

    Thanks!

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