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How to extract the string which is between the two different special characters using regex

SureshkumarD
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Hi Team,

I need to extract the string which is between the two different special characters using regex. Could you please assist on this? Thank you. Here is the string below where I need to extract the string provisionById which is between the semicolon and period charcter.

Method End: com.bi.gb.rest.endpoint.PolicyAdminEndPoint.provisionById;  Execution Time: 7

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dtburrows3
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This line works for this specific example 

| rex field=_raw "\.(?<extacted_fieldname_here>\w+);"


Assuming that your targeted extraction field always lies between the period and semi-colon I think it should do it.

dtburrows3_0-1718055318436.png

the "\w+" could potentially need to be change depending on what the characters are between the 2 special characters. But for this example it looks to be camelCase so \w+ should work.

 

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dtburrows3
Builder

This line works for this specific example 

| rex field=_raw "\.(?<extacted_fieldname_here>\w+);"


Assuming that your targeted extraction field always lies between the period and semi-colon I think it should do it.

dtburrows3_0-1718055318436.png

the "\w+" could potentially need to be change depending on what the characters are between the 2 special characters. But for this example it looks to be camelCase so \w+ should work.

 

SureshkumarD
Explorer

Hi @dtburrows3 ,

Thank you for your prompt response and it worked. Really appreciate your assistance.

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