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Parse text action - Regex capture groups

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Does the Parse text action can produce output from capture groups?

I've put regex with two capture groups in "Text to find" field.

"Is regular expression" is On

"First occurence only" is Off

Variables produced - Matches

 

As result, the Matches variable contains only the whole string, but not the capture groups.

  • Pstork1 Profile Picture
    69,661 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Could you be a bit more specific?  I'm not aware of any action in Power Automate called "Parse Text".  Lack of Regex support has also been a long known limitation in Power Automate.  Is this a specific Third Party connector? Or is this question actually for Power Automate Desktop?

  • drvladson Profile Picture
    8 on at

    Sorry. Yes, my question is about the Power Automate Desktop.

  • drvladson Profile Picture
    8 on at

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    In this case, the only matches produced is a whole string.

  • fraenK Profile Picture
    2,125 on at

    Parse text is ment to search for a "subtext" (string or expression). That's why it only returns matches for the whole string/expression and not for capture groups.

  • drvladson Profile Picture
    8 on at

    Well.. As a workaround, i've used "Replace Text" + "Split Text".

    Thanks.

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