# First word of a field

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/first-word-of-a-field/36804
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [January 7, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/first-word-of-a-field/36804 "2022-01-07T12:36:49Z")
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### Author: ![darder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darder/32/12788_2.png) [@darder](https://community.glideapps.com/u/darder)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/first-word-of-a-field/36804/1 "2022-01-07T12:36:49Z")

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Hi

How could I create a computed column tha shows just the first word of a sentence of another column?

Example

Column “Name” = Sandra Bullock  
Computed Field = Sandra

Thanks!

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### Author: ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/first-word-of-a-field/36804/2 "2022-01-07T12:45:12Z")

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I saw this related post yesterday

> [@How to extract components from split text column](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-to-extract-components-from-split-text-column/36540):
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> I have a “name” field, and added a computed “split text” column. How can I extract the first component into a “first name” column and the last component into a “last name” column? Computed is fine. I just don’t see a way to do it.

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### Author: ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/first-word-of-a-field/36804/3 "2022-01-07T13:34:09Z")

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You could use the [Extract Matching Text](https://www.glideapps.com/plugins/regex) plugin for this.

 ![Screen Shot 2022-01-07 at 9.33.10 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/0/b/0bcf3803f98a6adf212abcf8db5ee0381127c157.png)

`^(\w+)`

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### Author: ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 8, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/first-word-of-a-field/36804/4 "2022-01-08T13:34:57Z")

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