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How to extract values between two same characters using regex?

rashid47010
Communicator

How to extract the field values between two same characters.

Event 
Axxtalled=xrxnx xx Client\;**12.0.5294**\;15.179.00\;3x/x/2xx\;, 

I want to extract 12.0.5294

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vnravikumar
Champion

Hi

Try this,

| makeresults 
| eval Axxtalled="xrxnx xx Client\;12.0.5294\;15.179.00\;3x/x/2xx\;," 
| eval result = mvindex(split(Axxtalled,"\;"),1)
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harshpatel
Contributor

Hi @rashid47010 ,

Please check this: https://regex101.com/r/l5xt9s/1

Splunk query:

| makeresults count=1 
| eval _raw="Axxtalled=xrxnx xx Client\;12.0.5294\;15.179.00\;3x/x/2xx\;," 
| rex field=_raw "\\\\;(?<myfield>[\d.]+)\\\\;"
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