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kailun92
Communicator

I used (?i)location : (?P.+) to extract the location. But it always extract the word below it (None). Anyone knows how to solve this ? I need to extract only Choa Chu Kang.

My data is

cloudCover : 0.75
dewPoint: 21.42
humidity: 54.00
icon : partly-cloudy-day
ozone : 274.19
precipIntensity : 0.003
precipProbability : 0.04
precipType : rain
pressure : 1007.45
summary : Mostly Cloudy
temperature: 31.68
visibility : 6.21
windBearing : 139
windSpeed : 11.9
psiAverage : 19
latitude : 1.394557
longitude : 103.746396
location : Choa Chu Kang
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okrabbe_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

You could try something like this which is a bit more explicit.

(?im)^location\s:\s(?P<current_location>[^\n]+)

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okrabbe_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

You could try something like this which is a bit more explicit.

(?im)^location\s:\s(?P<current_location>[^\n]+)

kailun92
Communicator

Thanks ! it works

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