REGEX_EXTRACT

Returns an array of all the regex matches on the input text.

Optionally, include a string containing Ruby modifiers – e.g. i for case insensitive mode.

Syntax 

REGEX_EXTRACT(text, regex, [modifiers])

Usage examples 

Example 1

Input

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{
2
"my_action": {
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"message": "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. It barked."
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}
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}

Formula

REGEX_EXTRACT(my_action.message, "[A-Z]")

Output

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[
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"T",
3
"I"
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]

Example 2

Input

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{
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"example": "hello & HELLO"
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}

Formula

REGEX_EXTRACT(example, "hello", "i")

Output

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[
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"hello",
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"HELLO"
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]

Example 3

Input

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{
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"description": "A more complex example that also extracts the first match and pipes it further to a down case function.",
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"my_action": {
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"message": "This is an automatically generated message from Tines"
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}
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}

Formula

REGEX_EXTRACT(my_action.message, "(?<=This is)(.*)(?=generated)")[0][0] |> UPCASE(%)

Output

" AN AUTOMATICALLY "

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