Regular Expressions 101

Community Patterns

21

Get path from any text

Created·2023-01-31 14:38
Updated·2023-07-23 20:17
Flavor·PCRE2 (PHP)
Recommended·
Get path (windows style) from any type of text (error message, e-mail corps ...), quoted or not. THIS IS THE SINGLE LINE VERSION ! If you want understand how it work or edit it, go https://regex101.com/r/7o2fyy Relative path are not supported The goal is to catch what "Look like" a path. See the limitations UNC path and prefix path like //./], [//?/] or [//./UNC/] are allowed some url path like [file:///C:/] or [file://] are allowed Catch path quoted with ["] and [']. But these quotes are include with the catch Quoted path is not concerned by limitations Limitations : (only unquoted path) [dot] and [space] is allowed, but not in a row [dot+space] or [space+dot at end of file name isn't catched INSIDE A NAME FILE (or last directory if it is a path to a directory) : [comma] is not supported (it stop the catch) after a first [dot], any [space] stop the catch after a [space], catch is stoped if next character is not a [letter], [digit] or [-] so, double [space] stop the catch Compatibility compatible PCRE, PCRE2 AutoHotkey : don't forget to escape "%" in "`%" /!\ Powershell and .Net /!\\ : this regex need some modification to be interpreted by powershell. You have to replace each (?&CapturGroupName) by \k. Use this powershell code to do this replacement : ` $powershellRegex = @' [Put here the regex to replace (?&CapturGroupName) with \k] '@ -replace '\(\?&(\w+)\)', '\k' ` This example code must return : [Put here the regex to replace \k with \k]
Submitted by nitrateag

Community Library Entry

1

Regular Expression
Created·2025-07-03 11:56
Updated·2025-07-09 09:10
Flavor·Python

r"
^(?P<operating_pressure>H)(?P<sep_1>-)(?P<number_of_main_ports>4)(?P<unit_type>W)(?P<actuation_type>EH|H)(?P<unit_size>82)(?P<spool_feedback_main_stage>H|)(?P<spool_symbol>C|D|K|Z|E|F|G|H|J|L|M|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W)(?P<unit_series>3X)(?P<mounting_type>F|)(?P<sep_2>/)(?P<spool_feedback>OF|O|)(?P<pilot_valve>10)(?P<type_of_solenoid>A|L)(?P<solenoid_in_ac_or_dc_version>G|W)(?P<voltage_of_solenoid>220|195|180|127|120|110|96|60|42|24|12)(?P<voltage_rectifier>R|-|)(?P<manual_override_unit>N|)(?P<spool_position_monitoring>Y|)(?P<control_volume_flow>)(?P<unit_for_time_adjustment>S2|S|)(?P<electrical_connection>Z5L|Z2L|Z1L|DKL|DZL|DL|DZ|DK|ZL|KL|Z5|Z4|Z2|Z1|D|L|Z|K|)(?P<sep_3>/)(?P<additional_equipment>17|16|15|14|13|12|11|10|)(?P<orifice_positon>B|)(?P<orifice_diameter>15|12|11|10|08|)(?P<pressure_reducing_valve>D1|)(?P<seal_material>V|)(?P<additional_details>)$
"
gm
Open regex in editor

Description

RE-24806

Submitted by anonymous