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Regular expression

Define your own regular expression (regex) to search the input data with, optionally choosing from a list of pre-defined patterns. Supports extended regex syntax including the ‘dot matches all’ flag, named capture groups, full unicode coverage (including \p{} categories and scripts as well as astral codes) and recursive matching. Regular expression lives in the Extractors category of the fx menu. See regular expressions for format details.

Parameters

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ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
Inputstringyes—Value to transform. Previous step output or a literal.
Built in regexesstringno—Argument value for this operation.
Regexstringno—Argument value for this operation.
Case insensitivebooleannotrueEnabled by default.
^ and $ match at newlinesbooleannotrueEnabled by default.
Dot matches allbooleannofalseDisabled by default.
Unicode supportbooleannofalseDisabled by default.
Astral supportbooleannofalseDisabled by default.
Display totalbooleannofalseDisabled by default.
Output formatstringnoHighlight matchesChoose one of: Highlight matches, List matches, List capture groups, List matches with capture groups.

Input is the primary value (previous step output or a literal).

Returned value

Section titled “Returned value”
TypeDescription
htmlResult of the Regular expression transformation.

Example

Section titled “Example”
Run Regular expression

Define your own regular expression (regex) to search the input data with, optionally choosing from a list of pre-defined patterns. Adjust optional parameters when the defaults do not match your payload.

  1. Set Input to the value to transform (previous step output or a literal).

  2. Review Built in regexes, Regex, Case insensitive, ^ and $ match at newlines, Dot matches all, and other options and keep defaults unless your format requires otherwise.

  3. Confirm Output value shows the transformed result.