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REGEX PARSE PROBLEM

kpmg_lc_analyst
7 - Meteor

I'm trying to parse an 8-digit string that has "2" in the first and fourth position from a larger string.  I used Regex Pal to get this:

 

[2]\d{3}[2]\d{3}

 

but it does not work in Alteryx Regex.  What do I need to change?

Thanks,

Ben

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NicoleJohnson
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

I believe what you want to do is create marked groups, so something like this:

 

([2])(\d{2})([2])(\d{4})

 

If the second # 2 is in the 4th position, then you'll only want 2 digits between the first instance and the second, not 3 as indicated in your RegEx Pal string.

 

Does this accomplish what you're looking for? Kindly mark solved if so, or let me know if additional tweaking is needed! Thanks!

 

NJ

Joe_Mako
12 - Quasar

Try without the brackets:

 

2\d{3}2\d{3}

 

Here is what I got:

 

match.png

NicoleJohnson
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

Scratch my first response. Looking at @Joe_Mako response and then re-reading your original question, I think this might be the combination you're looking for - a parse though, not a match, and for it to pull out just the string of 8 digits from the larger string regardless of their location in the string. Getting closer? :)

 

RegEx Example.JPG

SeanAdams
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hey @kpmg_lc_analyst

Did the solutions below get you to a working outcome?

 

If so - would you mind marking this as solved - or if not then let's work together to iterate to a solution that works?

 

thank you!

Sean

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