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More problems with Regular Expression - Works on test sites but not in PAD, something is not working with named capturing group?

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Posted on by chucknb28409 34

Hi,

I followed several users suggestions and used the regexstorm.net/tester to verify that my regular expressions were correct. I finally have them working on the test site, every variable is properly identified. But when I use the generated REGX it pulls all the variables generated into one variable. Here is the site generated REGX and test input: 

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Here is a snapshot of the PAD stopped part way through a run with the Parse Text brought up

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Here is the PAD code that was stopped in the middle of a run. As you can see on the left the variable FIRST_NAME has a whole name in it??

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I know I have done something stupid again or I am misunderstanding how to use variables generated from a Regular Expression in PAD code. 

Thanks For You Help in Advance!

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    Parse text will not return a table for you. It can only return a string or a list (to get a list, you need to disable the "First occurrence only" toggle).

    If you want to retrieve several different values, you will need to do that via separate Parse text actions using separate regex patterns.

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