How Do I Create a Regular Expression with the Regular Expression Activity?

This topic shows how can you use regular expressions in an AgilePoint app with the Regular Expression activity.

Good to Know

  • The Regular Expression activity uses .NET syntax for regular expressions.

    For more information, refer to Regular Expression Language - Quick Reference.

  • To change the regular expression, double-click Regex Syntex, and change your expression.

Example 1: HTML Tag

Match the opening and closing pair of any HTML tag.

Syntax

<([A-Z][A-Z0-9]*)\b[^>]*>(.*?)</\1>

Configuration


Regular Expression HTML Tag screen

Example 2: IP Address

Match any IP address.

Syntax

\b\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\b

Configuration


Regular Expression IP Address screen

Example 3: E-mail Address

Match any e-mail address.

Syntax

([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)@([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)\.([a-zA-Z]{2,5})

Configuration


Regular Expression E-mail Address screen