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Extract and/or add numbers from a string

apoorvaaccount
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I have string field:

provTimes: a=10; b=15; c=10;

it basically has semicolon separated sub-fields in the value. Each sub-field has a number on right hand side. 

These fields are dynamic, can be a,v,e,f in 1 event and z,y in another event. Ignoring the sub field names, I'm only concerned with the numbers they have. I just want to add them all.

 Example

 

provTimes: a=10; b=15; c=10;  

result = 35

 

provTimes: x=10; b=5;

result = 15

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yuanliu
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Or, in the old fashioned extract (aka kv) and foreach😉,

 

| rename _raw AS temp, provTimes AS _raw
| rex mode=sed "s/\S+=/provTimes_&/g"
| kv
| foreach provTimes_*
    [eval sum = mvappend(sum, '<<FIELD>>')]
| eval sum = sum(sum)
``` below are cleanups, only if you want to restore world order ```
| fields - provTimes_*
| rex mode=sed "s/provTimes_//g"
| rename _raw AS provTimes, temp AS _raw

 

Here is an emulation you can play with and compare with real data

 

| makeresults format=csv data="provTimes
a=10; b=15; c=10;
x=10; b=5;"
``` data emulation above ```

 

Output from this emulation is

provTimessum
a=10; b=15; c=10;35
x=10; b=5;15
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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

If you can install the mvstats app (https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/5198) then this will do it.

| rex max_match=0 "provTimes: \w+=(?<provTimes>\d+);"
| mvstats sum provTimes as result

 

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