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HelloWorld
HelloWorld

Reputation: 107

How to apply regex after applying lookarounds?


I have txt files which has data something like this:
file 1

var field = "123456";

file 2

var field = abdxg@% "345789";

So I used regex expression:

(?<=var fhID).*(?=;)


This returns: = "123456" in file 1 and = abdxg@% "345789" in file 2.
Now, I would like a single regex expression that would be able to extract only digits from the string after matching with lookarounds, i.e after modifying my current regex expression I should get 123456 in file 1 and 345789 in file 2.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 38

Answers (1)

anubhava
anubhava

Reputation: 785761

You may use this regex and get matching digits in a capture group:

(?<=var field)[^;\d]*(\d+)[^;]*(?=;)

RegEx Demo

btw it should be field in lookbehind instead of fhID.

RegEx Details:

  • (?<=var field): Lookbehind to assert that we have var field before the current position
  • [^;\d]*: Match 0 or more of any characters that are not ; and digit
  • (\d+): Match 1+ digits in capture group #1
  • [^;]*: Match 0 or more of any characters that is not ;
  • (?=;): Positive lookahead to assert that we have a ; ahead of the current position

Upvotes: 1

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