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*Regular expressions in Planfix are executed with the options Pattern.DOTALL and Pattern.MULTILINE. In the online [https://regex101.com/ validator] — [https://p.pfx.so/pf/nG/2iUOoF.png gms].  | *Regular expressions in Planfix are executed with the options Pattern.DOTALL and Pattern.MULTILINE. In the online [https://regex101.com/ validator] — [https://p.pfx.so/pf/nG/2iUOoF.png gms].  | ||
*The first capturing group falls into the result of text processing using a regular expression. Accordingly, what needs to be in the result, you need to take in parentheses, and make the rest of the groups non-capturing (?:).  | *The first capturing group falls into the result of text processing using a regular expression. Accordingly, what needs to be in the result, you need to take in parentheses, and make the rest of the groups non-capturing (?:).  | ||
*To get data from a string with quotes inside using a regular expression, you need to [[  | *To get data from a string with quotes inside using a regular expression, you need to [[Escaping quotes| escape]] them.  | ||
Revision as of 13:43, 28 March 2024
The REGEXPFIND function allows you to extract the required text fragment from a variable or an infoblock.
Format
- REGEXPFIND(text; pattern)
 
Arguments:
- text — required, text where we search with a regular expression.
 - pattern — required, regular expression.
 
Examples
| Formula | Description | Result | 
|---|---|---|
| REGEXPFIND("Buy 30000$"; "(\d+)") | Extract a number from text using a regular expression | 30000 | 
Important
- Regular expressions in Planfix are executed with the options Pattern.DOTALL and Pattern.MULTILINE. In the online validator — gms.
 - The first capturing group falls into the result of text processing using a regular expression. Accordingly, what needs to be in the result, you need to take in parentheses, and make the rest of the groups non-capturing (?:).
 - To get data from a string with quotes inside using a regular expression, you need to escape them.