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RegEx Help - how to extract the numbers from string?

madhav_dholakia
Contributor

Hi,

For given sample data set, how can I extract all the numbers (will be always 3 digits) from desc?

 

 

 

| makeresults
| eval desc="Frankfurt (123) & Saarbrucken (456), Germany - Primary down / Secondary down"
| append
[| makeresults 
| eval desc="Frankfurt (123), Saarbrucken (456), Frankfurt Zeil (789) & Kaiserslautern (012), Germany - Primary up / Secondary up"]
| append
[| makeresults 
| eval desc="Test - Creteil - (123) - France - Primary Up // Secondary Up"]
| append
[| makeresults 
| eval desc="All devices at 456 London, England are alerting as down and unreachable"]
| append
[| makeresults 
| eval desc="Test - 123-Clonmel ( Ireland) - Primary DOWN / Secondary UP/ Switch UP"]

 

 

 

 

output required:

madhav_dholakia_0-1687328137734.png

 

can you please suggest regex I can use for the same?

Thank you.

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kamlesh_vaghela
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

@madhav_dholakia 

Can you please try the below search?

YOUR_SEARCH
    | rex field=desc "(?<loc>\d+)" max_match=0
    | eval loc = mvjoin(loc,",")

 

My Sample Search :

| makeresults 
| eval desc="Frankfurt (123) & Saarbrucken (456), Germany - Primary down / Secondary down" 
| append 
    [| makeresults 
    | eval desc="Frankfurt (123), Saarbrucken (456), Frankfurt Zeil (789) & Kaiserslautern (012), Germany - Primary up / Secondary up"] 
| append 
    [| makeresults 
    | eval desc="Test - Creteil - (123) - France - Primary Up // Secondary Up"] 
| append 
    [| makeresults 
    | eval desc="All devices at 456 London, England are alerting as down and unreachable"] 
| append 
    [| makeresults 
    | eval desc="Test - 123-Clonmel ( Ireland) - Primary DOWN / Secondary UP/ Switch UP"]
    | rex field=desc "(?<loc>\d+)" max_match=0
    | eval loc = mvjoin(loc,",")
|table loc

 

I hope this will help you.

Thanks
KV
If any of my replies help you to solve the problem Or gain knowledge, an upvote would be appreciated.

 

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madhav_dholakia
Contributor

thanks @kamlesh_vaghela and @ITWhisperer for prompt response. worked like a charm.

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust
| makeresults
| eval desc="Frankfurt (123) & Saarbrucken (456), Germany - Primary down / Secondary down"
| append
[| makeresults 
| eval desc="Frankfurt (123), Saarbrucken (456), Frankfurt Zeil (789) & Kaiserslautern (012), Germany - Primary up / Secondary up"]
| append
[| makeresults 
| eval desc="Test - Creteil - (123) - France - Primary Up // Secondary Up"]
| append
[| makeresults 
| eval desc="All devices at 456 London, England are alerting as down and unreachable"]
| append
[| makeresults 
| eval desc="Test - 123-Clonmel ( Ireland) - Primary DOWN / Secondary UP/ Switch UP"]
| rex max_match=0 field=desc "(?<loc>\d{3})"
| eval loc=mvjoin(loc,",")

kamlesh_vaghela
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

@madhav_dholakia 

Can you please try the below search?

YOUR_SEARCH
    | rex field=desc "(?<loc>\d+)" max_match=0
    | eval loc = mvjoin(loc,",")

 

My Sample Search :

| makeresults 
| eval desc="Frankfurt (123) & Saarbrucken (456), Germany - Primary down / Secondary down" 
| append 
    [| makeresults 
    | eval desc="Frankfurt (123), Saarbrucken (456), Frankfurt Zeil (789) & Kaiserslautern (012), Germany - Primary up / Secondary up"] 
| append 
    [| makeresults 
    | eval desc="Test - Creteil - (123) - France - Primary Up // Secondary Up"] 
| append 
    [| makeresults 
    | eval desc="All devices at 456 London, England are alerting as down and unreachable"] 
| append 
    [| makeresults 
    | eval desc="Test - 123-Clonmel ( Ireland) - Primary DOWN / Secondary UP/ Switch UP"]
    | rex field=desc "(?<loc>\d+)" max_match=0
    | eval loc = mvjoin(loc,",")
|table loc

 

I hope this will help you.

Thanks
KV
If any of my replies help you to solve the problem Or gain knowledge, an upvote would be appreciated.

 

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