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Help with regex to remove first part of string?

tomapatan
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I have 2 fields: the values of fieldA are present in fieldB and I need to remove the first part of fieldB up to the values present in fieldA.

For example:

fieldA = BP498

fieldB = "A1John/Doe SmithBP498 XX XX XX"

Desired:

fieldB="BP498 XX XX XX"

Thanks in advance.

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kamlesh_vaghela
SplunkTrust
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@tomapatan 

Can you please try this?

YOUR_SEARCH
| eval fieldB=fieldA+mvindex(split(fieldB,fieldA),1)

 

My Sample Search :

| makeresults 
| eval fieldA = "BP498",fieldB = "A1John/Doe SmithBP498 XX XX XX"
| rename comment as "upto this is sample data" 
| eval fieldB=fieldA+mvindex(split(fieldB,fieldA),1)

 

Screenshot 2022-09-27 at 3.37.44 PM.png

I hope this will help you. 

Thanks
KV
If any of my replies help you to solve the problem Or gain knowledge, an upvote would be appreciated.

 

 

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tomapatan
Contributor

worked for me, much appreciated.

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kamlesh_vaghela
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

@tomapatan 

Can you please try this?

YOUR_SEARCH
| eval fieldB=fieldA+mvindex(split(fieldB,fieldA),1)

 

My Sample Search :

| makeresults 
| eval fieldA = "BP498",fieldB = "A1John/Doe SmithBP498 XX XX XX"
| rename comment as "upto this is sample data" 
| eval fieldB=fieldA+mvindex(split(fieldB,fieldA),1)

 

Screenshot 2022-09-27 at 3.37.44 PM.png

I hope this will help you. 

Thanks
KV
If any of my replies help you to solve the problem Or gain knowledge, an upvote would be appreciated.

 

 

FelixLeh
Contributor

That's a cool way to remove something from a string! I'll add that to my repertoire, thanks!

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