Hi, when formatting text I want to ensure Capital Case (i.e. each word capitalised) for example with names in a text field. While there are Upper(), Lower(), Find(), Trim() and ReplaceRegex() functions, there its no Split(text, text) function, which would split a given text into an array of texts to manipulate and then Join() back together. This would be very useful. Thanks!
i would also like to have a split function as i am importing a few documents that have valuable data in their name i want to split in table fields.
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Fibery doesnât support string arrays, so implementing a dynamic Split function would be challenging.
I understand that @njyoâs need includes recombining with a Join function which would result in a single string, but maybe the effect would be best implemented as a single function (something like Map or ForEach) that operates on each word in a string.
Tbh, I think itâs unlikely to happen any time soon.
Itâs more likely that there would be a specific Capital() function, but even that is not guaranteed 
For @dukevannoriâs case, if the splitting is predictable (a guaranteed number of elements) it can probably already be done with combinations of Find() and Left() / Middle() / Right()
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One example would be the names of contacts that i stored âLastName, FirstNameâ in my Obsidian and also in Clickup.
Would be great to split those into two columns for better use in automations for emails etc.
then there is filenames that i used to store like this: âDate & Time (YYY-MM-DD HH:mmâ) - (Type) - (Contact Names)
is that something i could split with your reccomendation?
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Yes.
For the first example
you would need something like the following formulas:
Middle(Name, Find(Name, ", ") + 1, 99)
Left(Name, Find(Name, ", ") - 1)
For this
you would use variations on this theme, like
Middle(Name,14,3 to get the year
Middle(Name,18,2 to get the month,
and so on, to get the date info.
(assumes that the values remain in the same position every time)
Where there is variability in position, e.g. if Type is a variable length word, I would suggest using a Middle function to strip the first X letters, and then applying the Find function to find the end delimiter, e.g.
e.g. Left(Middle(Name, 35, 999), Find(Middle(Name, 35, 999), ")") - 1)
Alternatively, if you fancy going down a rabbit hole, you can teach yourself regex expressions and use the ReplaceRegex function instead 
Or perhaps other Fibery users in the community have even better ideas 
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everything is possible it seems, even though often times i wonder if it needs to be so complicated 
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Yeah, I hear you. Unfortunately, our developers are a precious resource, and every little request (âCan it be made to do xyz? Itâs just a small thingâŚâ) that they work on is time spent away from some other feature that we (or other users) think is at least as important 
The workarounds are really just our way of apologising that the feature that is needed is not yet available 
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totally understandable and greatly appreciated that you even take so much time and effort to help us users when we get stuck in our ways
you are doing an amazing job. itâs one of the reasons why i investigate this as a clickup alternative in the future
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Yeah, a Map or ForEach function could work. I actually even wouldnât mind if itâs just done as a full-on Regex function, where I can manipulate the matchesâŚ
But I understand the resource limitations.
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Iâm trying to do a very simple thing and Iâm not able to get it right.
Iâm trying to get the First Name of the Name property, however the formula doesnât output what I want, which is the first name.
I tried the formula shared here, I tried the formula generated by AI, even review what would be the output of this formula on ChatGPT.
The formula below is not outputting âRenatoâ and instead is outputting âRenato Luiz de Carvalhâ
Left(
Trim("Renato Luiz de Carvalho"),
Find(" ", Trim("Renato Luiz de Carvalho")) - 1
)
What am I doing wrong? 
Check out how the Find() function works.
You are searching for âRenato Luiz de Carvalhoâ within the string " "
On Make, doing that is very simple:
So far, I couldnât find a simple way of doing that in Fibery.
first(split(full_name; space))
last(split(full_name; space))
Fibery doesnât allow for arrays of strings. So we have to solve text related challenges differently.
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Yes, I realized that 
Could someone explain how to implement this example in Fibery? Iâve reviewed the documentation and examples but havenât found a clear solution.
If this is meant to be straightforward in Fibery, Iâd appreciate guidance on the recommended approach. What would be the best way to structure this in Fiberyâs system?
How to implement what?
I need help with a formula that extracts the first and last words from a text field containing a personâs full name. For example, if the field contains âRenato Luiz de Carvalhoâ, I want the formula to return âRenato Carvalhoâ. How can I write this formula in Fibery?
ReplaceRegex(Name, "(?<= )\w+ ","")
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Thanks Chris.
And to get only the first word/name, I used this formula here, it worked:
ReplaceRegex(Name, " .*$", "")
So for âJohn Michael Smithâ it will remove everything from the first space onwards, giving you just âJohnâ.
p.s. I had to ask Claude to help me generating the formula. The AI inside Fibery that helps to generate formulas didnât help me in this case. Although I was explicitly asking help to create a Regex.
Testing out Fibery after building an entire workspace in Coda, and wowâFiberyâs formulas are brutal.
Tried splitting a Full Name field into First and Last Nameâno luck. The AI generator failed, ChatGPT and Claude struck out, and what took seconds in Coda or Notion ate up an hour in Fibery. Ended up copying a regex formula from @Renato_Carvalho just to make it work.
Fibery, please tell me youâre working on this. You were my last hope for a solid Coda/Notion alternative.
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As @helloitse said
So Iâm not sure what you were hoping the output(s) would be.
Where are you thinking that the results would end up?
If you need to get the first name (word) in a string, you can use something like this:
Left(Text, Find(Text, " ") - 1)
If you need to get the last name (word) in a string, you could use something like this:
Middle(Text, Find(Text, " "), 999)
if you can assume that the original string is two words.
Otherwise, you can use regex constructions to accommodate more complex inputs, but the bottom line is that a formula canât produce an array, so you need to calibrate your expectations to take that into account.