Regular Expressions 101

Explanation

Pro

Group name(?<name>.+?)

.+?any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

Character Class[\r\n]

\ra carriage return (ASCII 13)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

Group datetime(?<datetime>.+?)

.+?any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

Character Class[\r\n]

\ra carriage return (ASCII 13)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

Group 3(Region: +(?<region>.*)[\r\n]Generated By: +(?<generatedBy>.*)[\r\n]((?<xommands>.+?)[\r\n])*?(?=.+?[\r\n].+?[\r\n]Region))*

*repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Region:the literal text Region: (case sensitive)

+the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆) , repeated at least once

Group region(?<region>.*)

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Character Class[\r\n]

\ra carriage return (ASCII 13)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

Generated By:the literal text Generated By: (case sensitive)

+the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆) , repeated at least once

Group generatedBy(?<generatedBy>.*)

.*any character (except for line terminators), repeated any number of times

Character Class[\r\n]

\ra carriage return (ASCII 13)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

Group 6((?<xommands>.+?)[\r\n])*?

*?repeats the group contents below any number of times:

Group xommands(?<xommands>.+?)

.+?any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

Character Class[\r\n]

\ra carriage return (ASCII 13)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

Positive Lookahead(?=.+?[\r\n].+?[\r\n]Region)

.+?any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

Character Class[\r\n]

\ra carriage return (ASCII 13)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

.+?any character (except for line terminators), repeated at least once

Character Class[\r\n]

\ra carriage return (ASCII 13)

\na line-feed (newline) character (ASCII 10)

Regionthe literal text Region (case sensitive)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

Match Information

Detailed match information will be displayed here automatically.

Quick Reference

25 tokens

Regular Expression

(?<name>.+?)[\r\n](?<datetime>.+?)[\r\n](Region: +(?<region>.*)[\r\n]Generated By: +(?<generatedBy>.*)[\r\n]((?<xommands>.+?)[\r\n])*?(?=.+?[\r\n].+?[\r\n]Region))*

New

The Insurance Place Agency, LLC
2018/12/26 22:26:07
Region: null
Generated By: jmainer
New-HSAgency -AgencyName ''00018097''
New-HSAgencyGPO -AgencyName ''00018097''
New-HSUser -UserName ''18097_username'' -FirstName ''User'' -LastName ''Name'' -AgencyName ''00018097'' -Password ''LHdfzJYJOwH5''
The Insurance Place Agency, LLC
2018/12/26 22:26:07
Region: null
Generated By: jmain222er
New-HSAgency -AgencyName ''00018097''
New-HSAgencyGPO -AgencyName ''00018097''
New-HSUser -UserName ''18097_username'' -FirstName ''User'' -LastName ''Name'' -AgencyName ''00018097'' -Password ''LHdfzJYJOwH5''
The Insurance Place Agency, LLC
2018/12/26 22:26:07
Region: null
Generated By: jmainer
New-HSAgency -AgencyName ''00018097''
New-HSAgencyGPO -AgencyName ''00018097''
New-HSUser -UserName ''18097_username'' -FirstName ''User'' -LastName ''Name'' -AgencyName ''00018097'' -Password ''LHdfzJYJOwH5''