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Hi, 

Can someone help me to write a regular expression to split below string, into 4 values

\\ndashst1.test.att.com\e$\wwwroot\icecap-appboard-lob-plugins\art\js E:\wwwroot\icecap-appboard-lob-plugins\art\js artInventorySelectFactory.js null

1. \\ndashst1.test.att.com\e$\wwwroot\icecap-appboard-lob-plugins\art\js

2. E:\wwwroot\icecap-appboard-lob-plugins\art\js

3. artInventorySelectFactory.js

4. null

Hi,

is it guaranteed that your separator is a blank? does it have to be a regular expression?

because if you only want to split the string to get the elements, you're better off simply using a javascript action and do something like that:

arrOutput1 = input1.split(" ")

with input1 being your long string from which you want to extract the part

best regards

Michael

You might also want to have a look at the field developed utilities action pack. One of its actions are:

- Strings - Split into Array

It can be found here: 

CA Field Utilities Action Pack 

Cheers,

Gregg

Hi Gregg,

I need again help on creating the regEX for below string. I tried Java Script code, string action with regular expression but not getting solution.

my input string will be like this, user will copy this from Excel sheet directly and paste in String variable. I want to split this string into 4 element of array.

\\Hostname\Source\icecap-appboard-lob-plugins\art\js C:\wwwroot\icecap-appboard-lob-plugins\art\js artInventorySelectFactory.js null null
\\Hostname\Source\icecap-appboard\assets\images\vectors C:\wwwroot\icecap-appboard\assets\images\vectors * Web.config null
\\Hostname\Source\icecap-appboard-lob-plugins\art\views C:\wwwroot\icecap-appboard-lob-plugins\art\views\ * Web.config logs
\\Hostname\Source\icecap-appboard-lob-plugins\art\views C:\wwwroot\icecap-appboard-lob-plugins\art\views\ artSearchCriteria.html null null
\\Hostname\Source\icecap-appboard-lob-plugins\art\views\ C:\wwwroot\icecap-appboard-lob-plugins\art\views\ order-submission.html null null

Excel format is like this,

Hi,

isn't this the exact same thing, that is already answered? you even marked my answer as correct yourself.

I still don't understand why you're so focused on using a regular expression.

The thing that might happen, if you copy it directly from Excel, is that your split becomes a tab instead of a space. but I'm not sure.

On a site note, I probably would have solved this by writing a powershell script that reads the excel file directly instead of letting the user copy&paste each line

best regards

Michael