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splitting string field into fields access query OR vba

Hi,
I have a field with this string:
:20:111111251540002D
:23B:CREASDD
:32A:09A1237CHF41912,05
:33B:CHASD1912,05
:50K:/CH110023412400243526
MSFSDFER KFSFUTDFR
BUDFSFERSTR. 2
8113 BOSDFSFSLSEN
:53A:UBSWCHZH80A
:57D:SFS SDFSDFS
RASDASDA
BRANCH 000
GOGOGOG
:59:/43434
DFSDFL GRSDFOUP
SDFDF + DF LTFDD
DFD HDFDN 343423
GOGOER
:71A:OER


how can i split this string into new field in such a query by this rule:
bring me all the string after ":20:" Until the next ":", etc
result :
field_:20: =111111251540002D
field_:23B:=CREASDD
field_:32A:=09A1237CHF41912,05
ETC.....
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Select MyField From Table1 Where Left(MyField, 1)=":"
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Sorry,seems not understand my Q.
What i`m trying to tell, that this exact long string in the field needed to be devided to to many strings and put them in other fields (mentioned in the result . look at the result that i need when executing the solution.
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Please provide some more examples of the field content and the table structure that you want to split it into, as it is not completely clear from your example and we don't want to waste time providing a solution that you don't want.

e.g.
Do you want to split the field at every newline (apparently not)
Do you want to split the field at every [newline followed by colon then alphanumeric string then another colon] (yes?)
please clarify: do all examples of this data have the same "field identifiers" (20,23B,32A,33B,50K...)
should the 50k field include everything up to 53A:
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I don't know how something this complex could be done in SQL, but it seems a pretty strait-forward solution to simply do some VB code in a loop with the InStr() function and the optional 'start' parameter.  Something like this:
Str = YourBigString
'Find the Start of the 1st Field
P1 = InStr( Str, ":")
Do While P1 > 0
  'Find End of the Next Field
  P2 = InStr(P1+1, Str, ":")
  If P2 = 0 Then
    Exit Do  'String not formated as expected
  End If
  FieldName = "Field_" & Mid$( Str, P1, P2 - P1 + 1 )
  'Find Data
  P1 = P2 + 1
  P2 = InStr( P1, Str, ":" )
  If P2 > 0 Then
    DataStr = Mid$( Str, P1, P2 - P1 ) 'No +1 because the : found starts the next field name
  Else
    DataStr = Mid$( Str, P1 )  'Extracts to end of string
  End If
  'P2 is now the start of the next field name
  P1 = P2 'If no final : found, the while loop will end
  Fields(FieldName).Value = DataStr
Loop

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Slight tweak to what Jamie suggested to give you what you want:

 Function SplitString (myString As String,intToken as Integer) As String
 
  Dim myArray() as Variant

  myArray = Split (myString,":")
  SplitString = myArray(intToken)

End Function

  Your call would be the string/field with the entire date, and the nth token you want returned from it.

Jim.
you can simply use a query, f1 is the field that contains the string

select f1, left(f1,instrrev(f1,":")) as result1, mid(f1,instrrev(f1,":")+1) as result2
from yourTable
where instr(f1,":") >0

with this info
:20:111111251540002D

the result will be

f1                                           result1    result2
:20:111111251540002D    :20:          111111251540002D



i already posted this yesterday and the thread disappeared????
kewl Rey,
but i need to keep going and extract others  :Anystring:
means:
f1                                                          result1    result2
:20:111111251540002D                    :20:          111111251540002D
f1                                                          result1    result2
:23B:CREASDD                                   :23B:        CREASDD
f1                                                         result1    result2                    
:50K:/CH110023412400243526     :50K:        /CH110023412400243526    
MSFSDFER KFSFUTDFR                                    MSFSDFER KFSFUTDFR
BUDFSFERSTR. 2                                               BUDFSFERSTR. 2
8113 BOSDFSFSLSEN                                       8113 BOSDFSFSLSEN

Etc.....
to clarify this :
the field i mention in my question has the long string :
:20:111111251540002D
:23B:CREASDD
:32A:09A1237CHF41912,05
:33B:CHASD1912,05
:50K:/CH110023412400243526
MSFSDFER KFSFUTDFR
BUDFSFERSTR. 2
8113 BOSDFSFSLSEN
:53A:UBSWCHZH80A
:57D:SFS SDFSDFS
RASDASDA
BRANCH 000
GOGOGOG
:59:/43434
DFSDFL GRSDFOUP
SDFDF + DF LTFDD
DFD HDFDN 343423
GOGOER
:71A:OER

that i would like to split into many new fields,and the delimiter should me ->  :numeronly OR numer&Char:
as you can see : :20:  ,  :23B:  , :32A:   ,  :33B:   ,   :50K:   ,  :53A:  ,  :57D:
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<<that i would like to split into many new fields,and the delimiter should me ->  :numeronly OR numer&Char:>>

  So you can't count on the colon always being there as the start of a new section or was that a typo?   Did you mean to type this:

and the delimiter should me ->  :numeronly: OR :numer&Char:

If you will always have a leading/trailing colon, then use Split().

Token one then will be the code, token two the value for it (you'll have two entries in the array for each element; 1 & 2 first code and value, 3 & 4 second code and value, 5 & 6 third code and value, etc).

Jim.
i don't understand the result you want to get..

what is the problem with my query ?
try this query


select f1, IIf(InStr([f1],":")>0,Left([f1],InStrRev([f1],":")),"") as Result1, IIf(InStr([f1],":")>0,Mid([f1],InStrRev([f1],":")+1),[f1]) as Result2
from yourTable;
Like this?
Sample attached
Ugly.mdb
Nick67 YOU ALmost reach the point, still need small fix :
IN :

ResultID      UglyID      DelimiterValue      UglyText
5      1      :50K:      /CH110023412400243526

in table tblResults , should contain :
UglyText
/CH110023412400243526
 MSFSDFER KFSFUTDFR
 BUDFSFERSTR. 2
 8113 BOSDFSFSLSEN

and not ONLY : /CH110023412400243526
means should contain the string until the next delimiter " :53A:"
@drtopserv

Have you tested or have any questions about my solution?
did you try my query at

http:#a40527946
Easily enough fixed.
Ugly text just has to be held and concatenated until the next colon is encountered and THEN written to the table.  You need me to fix that, or do you have it cased?
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