Regular Expression Element

The regular expression (RegEx) element is used to test a string against a regular expression pattern.

The RegEx element is located in the Element Toolbox within Studio’s Embedded tab.

Properties

The following properties can be changed for the RegEx element:

The name of the element.

The regular expression pattern to match against. This pattern is based on the python re module syntax. The following patterns are supported:

'.' Dot, matches any character
'^' Start anchor, matches beginning of string
'$' End anchor, matches end of string
'*' Asterisk, match zero or more (greedy)
'+' Plus, match one or more (greedy)
'?' Question, match zero or one (non-greedy)
'[abc]' Character class, match if one of {‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’}
'[^abc]' Inverted class, match if NOT one of {‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’} – NOTE: this pattern is currently not working properly!
'[a-zA-Z]' Character ranges, the character set of the ranges { a-z A-Z }
'\s' Whitespace, \t \f \r \n \v and spaces
'\S' Non-whitespace
'\w' Alphanumeric, [a-zA-Z0-9_]
'\W' Non-alphanumeric
'\d' Digits, [0-9]
'\D' Non-digits

The following triggers are available to execute events from within the RegEx element:

Execute an event when the source element connected to the RegEx element triggers.

Regular expression pattern matches the input string.

Regular expression pattern does not match the input string.

The following abilities are available for the RegEx element when its source element triggers:

Trigger the element(s) that follow the RegEx element.

Evaluate an input string against the pattern property.