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Returns text between 2 delimiters
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| /* | |
| Name: TEXTBETWEEN | |
| Description: Returns text between delimiters. | |
| - Standardized to native TEXTAFTER/BEFORE syntax. | |
| - Supports Multi-input: Text (Rows) x Delimiters (Columns). | |
| - Strict Mode: Assumes equal number of start/end delimiters. | |
| Made By: Medohh2120 | |
| */ | |
| TEXTBETWEEN = LAMBDA(text, start_delim, end_delim, [instance_start], [instance_end], [case_sensitive_start], [case_sensitive_end], [match_end_start], [match_end_end], [if_not_found], | |
| LET( | |
| /* 1. Flatten inputs for safe indexing */ | |
| F_start_delim, TOCOL(start_delim), | |
| F_end_delim, TOCOL(end_delim), | |
| F_text, TOCOL(text), | |
| /* 3. Early exit for single delimiter */ | |
| Normal_Case, COUNTA(start_delim) = 1, | |
| IF(Normal_Case, | |
| TEXTBETWEEN_Simple(text, start_delim, end_delim, instance_start, instance_end, case_sensitive_start, case_sensitive_end, match_end_start, match_end_end, if_not_found), | |
| DROP( | |
| REDUCE("", SEQUENCE(ROWS(F_start_delim)), LAMBDA(acc, nxt, | |
| LET( | |
| /*current pair of delimiters */ | |
| curr_start, INDEX(F_start_delim, nxt), | |
| curr_end, INDEX(F_end_delim, nxt), | |
| step1, TEXTAFTER(F_text, curr_start, instance_start, case_sensitive_start, match_end_start, if_not_found), | |
| result_col, TEXTBEFORE(step1, curr_end, instance_end, case_sensitive_end, match_end_end, if_not_found), | |
| /* Stack results */ | |
| HSTACK(acc, result_col) | |
| ) | |
| )),,1 | |
| ) | |
| ) | |
| ) | |
| ); | |
| TEXTBETWEEN_Simple = LAMBDA(txt,start_delim,end_delim, | |
| [instance_start], | |
| [instance_end], | |
| [case_sensitive_start], | |
| [case_sensitive_end], | |
| [match_end_start], | |
| [match_end_end], | |
| [if_not_found], | |
| LET( | |
| step1, TEXTAFTER(txt, start_delim, instance_start, case_sensitive_start, match_end_start, if_not_found), | |
| TEXTBEFORE(step1, end_delim, instance_end, case_sensitive_end, match_end_end, if_not_found) | |
| ) | |
| ); |
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Ignore the following If you input text as a single column:
If you input multiple Text columns with single delimiters, shape is preserved.

If you input multiple Text columns AND multiple Delimiters, the input size isn't preserved and automatically flattened vertically to preserve integrity.
