EXTRACT_PATTERN - Amazon Glue DataBrew
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EXTRACT_PATTERN

Creates a new column, based on a regular expression, from the values in an existing column.

Parameters

  • sourceColumn – The name of an existing column.

  • targetColumn – The name of the new column to be created.

  • pattern – A regular expression that indicates which character or characters to extract and create the new column from.

Example

{
    "RecipeAction": {
        "Operation": "EXTRACT_PATTERN",
        "Parameters": {
            "pattern": "^....*...$",
            "sourceColumn": "last_name",
            "targetColumn": "first_and_last_few_characters"
        }
    }
}