Regular Expressions 101

Group 1(\w*field\(.*; ?)

\w*any word character, repeated any number of times

fieldthe literal text field (case sensitive)

\(the literal ( (40₁₀ / 50₈ / 28₁₆)

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

;the literal ; (59₁₀ / 73₈ / 3B₁₆)

?optionally matches the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Group 2(.*\))

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

\)the literal ) (41₁₀ / 51₈ / 29₁₆)

Global pattern flags

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

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Regular Expression

(\w*field\(.*; ?)(.*\))

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                field(Overdue; Overdue)
                {
                    ApplicationArea = Suite;
                    Caption = 'Overdue';
                    Editable = false;
                    ToolTip = 'Specifies that the approval is overdue.';
                }
                field("Table ID"; "Table ID")
                {
                    ApplicationArea = Suite;
                    ToolTip = 'Specifies the ID of the table where the record that is subject to approval is stored.';
                    Visible = false;
                }

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