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How to fetch values from a string using rex command

Puvi
New Member

Hi,

i have a field with values like AB101, I want to extract 101 separately into a new field

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vnravikumar
Champion

Hi

Try this

| makeresults 
| eval temp="AB101" 
| rex field=temp "(?P<result>[\d]+)"
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kartm2020
Communicator

Try this.
It will fetch the number followed by digits.
| rex field=field_name "A-Z"

If you have non-capital words. try the below

| rex field=field_name "[A-Z]a-z"

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renjith_nair
Legend

@Puvi,

Try

|rex field=field_name "(?<digits>\d+)"

where field_name is your field and digits is the new field

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renjith_nair
Legend

@Puvi , please accept one of the answers which helped you or let's know if you need further help

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