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rpascua
Explorer

Please help with REGEX problem.

Sample Data:

Bank summary of John_Doe2/default (0.03 seconds): deposit (15 dollars, 0 cents), withdrawal (2 dollars, 0 cents).

This is the regex I use to extract the numbers. It works.

| rex "\sdeposit \((?<Deposit>\d+)" | rex "\s*withdrawal \((?<Withdrawal>\d+)" | table Deposit Withdrawal | addcoltotals

Now I want to include "Names" in my search and put them in one table along with the rest of the numbers. I tried the REGEX below, but I keep getting blanks in the "Name" column. What am I missing here?

| rex "\sof \((?<Name>\([A-Za-z0-9_])" | rex "\sdeposit \((?<Deposit>\d+)" | rex "\s*withdrawal \((?<Withdrawal>\d+)" | table Name Deposit Withdrawal | addcoltotals
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martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Try this:

| rex "\sof (?<Name>[A-Za-z0-9_]+)" | rex "\sdeposit \((?<Deposit>\d+)" | rex "\s*withdrawal \((?<Withdrawal>\d+)" | table Name Deposit Withdrawal | addcoltotals

There were some extra opening parentheses, and no + quantifier.

Note, if you can control that output it's easier to change it to key=value pairs - then you don't need to mess around with regular expressions for field extraction.

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martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Try this:

| rex "\sof (?<Name>[A-Za-z0-9_]+)" | rex "\sdeposit \((?<Deposit>\d+)" | rex "\s*withdrawal \((?<Withdrawal>\d+)" | table Name Deposit Withdrawal | addcoltotals

There were some extra opening parentheses, and no + quantifier.

Note, if you can control that output it's easier to change it to key=value pairs - then you don't need to mess around with regular expressions for field extraction.

rpascua
Explorer

I posted a new question titled "Regex Money" so feel free to look it up and post your response.

Here's my new question:
If John took money out three times within a 24-hour period, using the REGEX below, I would have a 3-line output.

| rex "\sof (?[A-Za-z0-9_]+)" | rex "\sdeposit ((?\d+)" | rex "\s*withdrawal ((?\d+)" | table Name Deposit Withdrawal | addtotals Withdrawal "\s*withdrawal ((?\d+)"

But all I need is a one-liner like this:

John (Deposit: 0) (Withdrawal: 110) (Total Withdrawal: 110)

I tried multiple combinations but keep coming up emp

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martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Great. Don't forget to mark this as solved.

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rpascua
Explorer

It's the little things. Thanks! It works!

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