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I want to split a field into two different fields for comparison split at whitespace

jaleelahmed94
New Member

I want to split a field into two different fields for comparission,
my data is in the format:
address= 5555 xxxxx yyy Apt Z
desired result :
house number= 5555
street address = xxxx yyy

I have tried to use the split command but does not help me with what I want

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Try rex.

... | rex field=address "(?<houseNumber>\d+)\s(?<streetAddress>.*)" | ...
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If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.

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niketn
Legend

@jaleelahmed94, please try the following rex command:

<YourBaseSearch>
| table address
| rex field=address "address=\s(?<house_number>\d+)\s(?<street_address>.*)"

You can test the Regular Expression inside double quotes on regex101.com with your sample data.

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| makeresults | eval message= "Happy Splunking!!!"
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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Try rex.

... | rex field=address "(?<houseNumber>\d+)\s(?<streetAddress>.*)" | ...
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If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.
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jaleelahmed94
New Member

Thanks, I was looking for something like this!

I instead used rex field=address "(?\s+)\s(?.*)"
because the address field was string.

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