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Pattern Matching and Regular Expressions

Updated February 5, 2021

asked on February 4, 2021

I am trying to pattern match on the following text.

By:First Last (First.Last@domain.org)

But, I want to extract the following, First.Last@domain.org.

I am using the following, (By:First Last\W(\S+))

But I am getting this result?

By:First Last (First.Last@domain.org)(First.Last@domain.org)

I appreciate any assistance.

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replied on February 4, 2021

It's the extra parentheses. They indicate match groups (ie, what you want extracted). Using just By:First Last\W(\S+) will return (First.Last@domain.org), so you'll want to specify that the literal parentheses in your string should also be outside of the match group: By:First Last\W\((\S+)\)

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replied on February 5, 2021

Thank you. That worked perfect!

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Asked February 4, 2021
Updated February 5, 2021
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