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Thread: Need help splitting a string with several different delimiters.

  1. #1
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    Need help splitting a string with several different delimiters.

    I am trying to split the following string which is held in one field of the table PTM_PARCEL_TEST. The problem I am having is I need to make a split function that uses several different delimeters.

    The string from the table is in the field as -
    NW¼ Sec 31 38-27-W4

    What I need to accomplish is break the string into 5 different fields: Quarter, Section, Township, Range and Meridian. The delimeters would be the 1/4 symbol, Sec, - and 'W'. My end goal is to split the string and have it show up in a second table (STRING_TEST) as the following -

    [Quarter] NW
    [Section] 31
    [Township] 38
    [Range] 27
    [Meridian] 4

    There is always the same delimeters (1/4, Sec, -, W) and each string is formatted the same. Just not sure where to start if someone could suggest a similar function or point me in the right direction any help greatly appreciated, thanks!

  2. #2
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    Did you look at charindex and patindex function?

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