# expand
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Use `expand` to take a field containing a JSON array and create a separate log event for each element in the array. All other fields from the original log event are duplicated in each new event.

**Syntax**

```
expand {{fieldName}}
```

**Example**

If a log event contains `items = ["apple","banana","cherry"]` and `host = "web-01"`, then `expand items` produces three log events: `{items: "apple", host: "web-01"}`, `{items: "banana", host: "web-01"}`, and `{items: "cherry", host: "web-01"}`.

```
expand items
| stats count(*) by items, host
```