Questions tagged [pattern]
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Regex not working in class but works in execute anonymous
You can get some context here on my previous post.
When I run the below code on execute anonymous, it renders the following result:
String txt = 'Requesting service for Id Number 9202204720082, Case C ...
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Regex for Case Number, South African Id and Passport
Please bear with me, I'm not well versed with Pattern, Matcher or Regex.
I found the below on https://regex101.com/
South African passport: [A|D|M|T][0-9]{8}
South African Id: (([0-9]{2})(0|1)([0-9])(...
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Regex to find dd/mm/yyyy
I have a pretty simple code and in one case it works, and not in all the case, I wanted to know what I'm missing
I'm trying to match a date in this format dd/mm/yyyy
This is my code:
String d = '20/03/...
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Pattern.quote matches substring instead of whole word match
I was trying to implement a case insensitive whole word searching pattern. I came up with the following pattern:
Pattern p = Pattern.Compile('(?i)'+Pattern.quote('af'));
Using it in the code below:
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Pattern Matcher problem
I want to get the sub string 'fact.cm_comp_sales_adjustment_factor__c.living_area_default_index_score__c' in the string '[subj.cm_parcel__c.sqft__c]+[comp.cm_sale__c.sqft__c])*fact....
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How to optimize Searching bulk data for list of words
I have a spam detection mechanism which searches strings of word in posts. The List can be 500+ entries long sometimes.
I have a naïve searching algorithm
//Unnecessary logic have been removed
public ...
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Replace whitespace in part of a string
I have cases which contain urls in the case description, and the urls contain whitespace. I need to replace the whitespace with %20 in order to make the links clickable from the case. Obviously the ...
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Matcher.matches() is not working as expected
I am trying to match DateTime input using the Pattern and Matcher class of Apex but wasn't able to achieve it.
I've created a regex for matching the Datetime input as follows and it matches the ...
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Not able to remove substring that is variable from a string
I want to remove everything except for Name. removeStart() and remove() don't seem to take variable as a parameter.
String tmpField = '{!Contract.Name}';
String child = 'Contract';
tmpField = ...
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How put inner class into Apex enterprise Pattern Service layer?
I need use structure (or wrapper class) in Apex Enterprise Pattern.
public with sharing class Structure {
public String name { get; set;}
public Integer limit {get; set;}
private ...
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Apex Enterprise Pattern for universal usability
Everyone!
I have a question - what if i don't want what kind of objects i will get?
One day it is Accounts, next day - Opportunities, etc.
Can I write Application.cls something like this?
{
// ...
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Locate email address within Case.Description using regex
My apex proficiency is pretty low so I may be on the wrong track on this. But I'm attempting to take an email address from a set Email to Case email we get and apply it to a field (I'll be doing ...
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Email pattern not working
Hi this pattern is not working in an Aura component and i've no idea why...
<lightning:input aura:id="Eemail"
name="email"
value="{!v....
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Find all non-alpha characters in string (excluding special alpha chars) and capitalise each word before/after the character
I'm looking to capitalise each part of a string that precedes/follows a special character and found this post which does the trick nicely. Only problem is it also sees characters which are special ...
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Regular expression is not working as expected in apex
I'm working on design patterns while I'm testing in the anonymous window it's working as expected. But when i trying to implement the same logic it's unable to find matches
My expression:'^([0-9])\\1*$...
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How to set Pattern properties of LWC lightning-input in js controller
I'm trying to set Pattern property from Javascript Controller as otherwise I have to provide some sort of valid pattern property (such as [\\w\\W\\D\\S]{0,} for instance which accepts pretty much ...
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Regular Expression to get Street Name and Number Separately
I am using the compile method for the pattern class in order to separate digits (street house number) from a string into a number field, and the non-digits (street) into a string field. \d* gives me ...
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Regex in Pattern.compile to split BillingStreet into custom street and house number field
I want to split BillingStreet into a custom Street__c and HouseNumber__c. According to what I have read so far online, I need to:
Instantiate a new Pattern object
//Pattern 'Test Street 123' OR '123 ...
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Is it possible to do a "reverse regex" pattern match?
I have the following code:
if(PATTERN_A.matcher(someValue).matches()){
model = MODEL_A;
} else if(PATTERN_B.matcher(someValue).matches()){
model = MODEL_B;
} else if(PATTERN_C.matcher(...
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Regex having issues in Apex
I found a Regex which retrieves the Parent domain from a URL. When I tried using the same Regex Expression in Apex using Pattern and Matcher, it's giving me an error of:
Illegal string literal: ...
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Import File Activity - File Naming Pattern / Wildcards - How far will the default go back in time?
My question is about wildcards / file name pattern inside automation studio.
When you define a file name pattern inside an import file activity like FULL_IMPORT_%%Day%%%%Month%%%%Year%%.csv how will ...
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patern and matcher not working
I am using regex to find line which starts with 'aaaa'
pattern myPattern = pattern.compile('^(aaaa)\b.*');
String a = 'aaaa,777,ttttt,rrrrrr';
a += '\n' + 'tttttt,ttttt,0000';
matcher myMatcher = ...
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I am writing a regular expression to get the string between the curly bracket [closed]
I am trying to get all the string from a defined text using pattern class using regex.
Pattern MyPattern = Pattern.compile('/[^{\}]+(?=})/g');
but it is throwing an error
Illegal string literal: ...
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Regex Help- Escaping Characters And Matcher Method
I have a string:
allPunctuation = '~!@#$%^*()_+|}{":?><`=;/.,][-\'\\';
This string contains APEX's way of escaping characters so I can include the ' and the \ characters.
When I pass this ...
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Need help with Pattern/Regular Experession [closed]
I want to check matching between string to string pattern that contain specific character as any.
For example:
Assume string pattern is: "TEST ***ING NUMBER *"
For input:
"TEST STRING NUMBER 1" ...
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Find a Particular Substring using Regex
I am trying my hands on Email Services, am stuck at a place where I need to create a regex.
I want to find all substring which looks like "PIKA-170510-115943".
Here is my code.
String str='Strating ...
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Pattern.Split doesn't behave as I've expected
Full doc on Pattern Class:
Documentation Pattern Class
Use case :
So, whenever a Task is Created due to email to salesforce, I need to check if that emails content Body included one or more links ...
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Difficulty in using Patterns and Matchers in a single invocation
Salesforce example:
Boolean Test = Pattern.matches('a*b', 'aaaaab');
I'm attempting to use regular expression on a condition to check if a string has "You Order # 1234: ", but it's always returning ...
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regular expression problem (Pattern/Matcher)
I need to find specific word on a string using regular expression.
rules :
before that word, I must not have a letter, a number or an underscore.
this word must be not followed by a letter, a number ...
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Find if a word from a list exist in a string
I am trying to find if a sentence contains at least 1 word from a different list of words.
I am able to do this like below code, however my concern goes that the "theSentence" is a string that is ...
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How to filter out LF and CR from values in the cells of CSV file
We have an email service which accepts CSV attachment and has process its values and insert it into the objects. CsvReader class stop processing lines from CSV when there is "Line Feed" present inside ...
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Simple APEX String Replacement - can't unencode quotation marks
I've tried quite a few different methods to unencode a simple string but nothing's turning up.
That's the end of my API call, using a regex solution I found online, although it's not working out.
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Regex Pattern to Isolate Multiple Double Quoted Terms
The pattern below allows me to isolate a single term that is enclosed in double quotes. However i'd like to be able to isolate multiple terms that are double quoted and separate them if possible.
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How to split String Using REGEXP or Using Pattern class
This is My String
14-Mar-16,RTRDTG78BGXPBE3H,D-Link DIR-600M Wireless N150 Home Router,10-Apr-16, SECEBH7HZMKZMG3B,Kaspersky Internet Security 2016 1 PC 1 Year
I want to split this string Where ever ...
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Trigger on Child record to update Parent Record and to create new Child records ( same ) [closed]
I have been trying to come up with the pattern in which i need to handle the below scenario ( considering recursion ).
On Insertion of Child Record ( Object - B ) i need to update parent record ( ...
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Apex regex to get html child tag and its content? [closed]
I have below HTML tag and i need to extract TAG child tag and its element.
<h3 class="large lheight20 margintop10">
<a href="https://google.com" class="marginright5 link linkWithHash ...
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Using wildcard in migration tool package xml
I know how to use tags for one object example: "Account_History__c". But I am looking for a way to select all objects that start with a specific pattern.
In our org we prefix all objects with the ...
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Regex: Make Dot Match Newline?
I use Rubular to test my regular expressions, when I need them. I am having a bit of trouble crafting an expression that will work for me. For reference, I am trying to match multiple substrings in ...
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Trigger patterns
There is a pattern outlined for writing the triggers in Salesforce here :
http://developer.force.com/cookbook/recipe/trigger-pattern-for-tidy-streamlined-bulkified-triggers.
How Apex Trigger Pattern ...
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File Naming Pattern within import on seconds
I have a Import that uses the File Naming Pattern etsync_%%Year%%%%Month%%%%Day%%%%Hour%%%%Minute%%%%Second%%.csv and it is used in a Triggered Automation, would the Automation be fast enough to ...
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Regular Expression for words with spaces
I want to check for the following strings using regExpression:
1) Main-xxxxx-Accepted
2) Main-xxx xxx-Accepted
I used the below
String regEx = 'Main-[aA-zZ-]*-Accepted';
Pattern.matches(regEx,'...
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Regex Pattern/Matcher optional html attributes
So I am trying to make a pattern matcher that would read a block of html and identify the labels and ids of certain fields on the page. I am trying to find a way to read the label tag and parse ...
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