FindByPattern
Returns a string found in another string using a complex regular expression (REGEX) pattern.
- Returned Output: Text
- Library: PQL \ Common \ String
- Version: 2020.00.000
- Compatibility:
- Can be combined with and other PQL function throughout the application.
- It CANNOT be used with MDX or VBA functions. But it can be used on MDX-based content in other parts of the application.
Syntax
FindByPattern( <Text> , <Pattern String> )
* Click on the function's arguments above for more details on the input values.
Comments
- The input text string can be any alphanumeric set of characters.
- The REGEX pattern text string is any regular expression string formulation that conforms with Java REGEX expressions.
Examples
This example uses the provided regular expression string and returns "[BAR]" from the input string "FOO[BAR]"
FindByPattern("FOO[BAR]","\[(.*?)\]")