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Deku2345
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How to split a text like ""Liam John" "Grayson Roy" "Olivia"" into names filed using eval and text.

names:

Liam John
Grayson Roy
Olivia

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
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Hi @Deku2345,

you can use the rex command, something like this:

| rex "\"(?<last_name>[^ \"]+)\s|\"(?<first_name>[^ \"]+)"

that you can test at https://regex101.com/r/LYEhns/1

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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