MatchRegex Deprecated

Deprecated. Use the **MatchRegexV2** script instead.

Source

var data = (typeof args.data) === 'string' ? args.data : JSON.stringify(args.data);
var flags = args.flags ? args.flags : 'gim';
var r = new RegExp(args.regex, flags);
var m;
var vals = [];
while ((m = r.exec(data)) !== null) {
    if (m && m.length > 0) {
        var val = m[0];
        var group = parseInt(args.group);
        if (args.group && m.length > group) {
            val = m[group];
        }
        var ec = {};
        if (args.contextKey) {
            ec[args.contextKey] = val;
        }
        vals.push(val);

        if (flags.indexOf('g') === -1) {
          break;
        }
    }
}
if (vals.length == 1) {
  setContext('MatchRegex.results', vals[0])
  return {Type: entryTypes.note, Contents: vals[0], ContentsFormat: formats.text, EntryContext: ec};
} else if (vals.length) {
  setContext('MatchRegex.results', vals)
  return {Type: entryTypes.note, Contents: vals, ContentsFormat: formats.text, EntryContext: ec};
} else {
  setContext('MatchRegex.results', vals)
  return {Type: entryTypes.note, Contents: 'Regex does not match', ContentsFormat: formats.text};
}

README

Deprecated. Use the MatchRegexV2 script instead.
Extracts regex data from a given text. The script supports groups and looping.

Script Data

Name	Description
Script Type	javascript
Tags	Utility

Inputs

Argument Name	Description
data	The text date from which to extract the regex.
regex	The regex to match and extract.
group	The matching group to return. If no group is provided, the full match will be returned. The group value should start at 1.
contextKey	The context key to populate with the result.
flags	The regex flags to match. The default is “-gim”.

Outputs

Path	Description	Type
MatchRegex.results	List of regex matches.	string