Parsing Text With Formulas

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1

I want to ingest text in the following format:

Header 1:

  • Bullet 1.1…
  • Bullet 1.2…

Header 2:

  • Bullet 2.1…
  • Bullet 2.2…

Header 3:

  • Bullet 3.1…
  • Bullet 3.2…

And convert it into 3 separate text variables that only contains the bullet points of that particular section.

Is there a way to parse the text into these variables using weweb formulas?

2

You can definitely parse text using some combination of weweb formulas and light javascript, but the “how” will be sensitive to the exact text you’re looking to parse.

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4

The specific text would be different every time. The only constant between instances would be the headers. The rest follows the structure above.

6

Here’s what I would do:

  1. Create an array variable that will contain the split text
  2. Parse the text using a JS function
const regex = /- (.+?)…/g;
const bulletPointValues = [];

let match;
while ((match = regex.exec(text)) !== null) {
  bulletPointValues.push(match[1]);
}

console.log(bulletPointValues);
  1. Using the right bullet point from the variable (from 1) by using the right index, as the text would now be like this:
[
  'Bullet 1.1',
  'Bullet 1.2',
  'Bullet 2.1',
  'Bullet 2.2',
  'Bullet 3.1',
  'Bullet 3.2'
]