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Extracting a substring in Google Sheets using regex #221

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Hey,

Another comment about this lesson. In this section it is not clear (at least to me) how to import the data into Google Sheets. I really dont use this tool, so I would suggest something like this:

  1. Export and unzip the 2017 Public Library
    Survey

    file.
  2. Open up the AboutThisFile.txt to read more about this file
  3. Open Google Sheets in Chrome
  4. Click on File>Import and located the PLS_FY17.csv file
  5. Leave all of the default options and select "Import Data" (not sure if this is correct, see attached image)
  6. Look in the ADDRESS column and notice that the values contain the
    latitude and longitude in parenthesis after the library address.
  7. Construct a regular expression to match and extract the latitude and
    longitude into a new column named 'latlong'. HINT: Look up the
    function REGEXEXTRACT in Google Sheets. That function expects the
    first argument to be a string (a cell in ADDRESS column) and a
    quoted regular expression in the second.

Also, I am attaching a screenshot that I got when importing the survey data into Google Sheets. Do I leave all of the default options selected (please see attached image)

Thanks

Doug
google-sheets-import

Which part of the content does your suggestion apply to?

https://github.com/LibraryCarpentry/lc-data-intro/blob/main/episodes/02-match-extract-strings.md

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