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help with EVAL command

shreyasamin64
Explorer

| eval new_name=mvindex(split(name, ","),0),         first name 0 and last name 1

split first and last name

why split and 0&1 used in the pipeline

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

split creates a multi-value field, mvindex returns one of the values referenced by the index, 0 in this instance, which is the first value.

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shreyasamin64
Explorer

yes we use "," in some data's 

thank you @ITWhisperer 

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

split creates a multi-value field, mvindex returns one of the values referenced by the index, 0 in this instance, which is the first value.

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shreyasamin64
Explorer

@ITWhisperer  thank you 👍  

why do we use  ","   

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

The use of "," was your suggestion. I assume your data has name comma separated, e.g. "John,Smith". If the name is delimited with a different character, you need to change the split command accordingly.

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