How can I extract text from a string

Question

Hello,
I have a name column that has both first name and last name joined together as a string. I want to separate them in two different columns as firstname and lastname.
I use Report builder, please help with the query that will separate the string into two diferent columns.
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi sanjb12001,
Per my understanding that you want to separate a name column which contain the information of "First Name", "Middle Name", "Last Name" into three different column, right?
I have tested on my local environment and we have method to do this, one is do this in the query and Patrick Hurst
have already provide the solution, another method is to create three calculated fields using the split function in the expression to get the three new columns.
I assume you have the format like this in the name fields "FirstName MiddleName LastName", Details information about create the three columns for your reference:
 Right click the dataset and select the "Add Calculated Field" to add three fields "FirstName", "MiddleName", "LastName":
Using below expression to get the values for these fields:
FirstName:
=split(Fields!name.Value," ")(0)
MiddleName:
=IIF(split(Fields!name.Value," ").Length=3,split(Fields!name.Value," ")(1),"")
LastName:
=split(Fields!name.Value," ")(split(Fields!name.Value," ").Length-1)
Preview you will got the result:
If you still have any problem, please feel free to ask.
Regards
Vicky Liu