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Posted on by kngmkr 8

I am trying to extract the text between F1 and Rep, the integer. 

 

The issue is that due to the resolution of the screen the flow runs on, sometimes the 'F1' can be 'FI' or 'Fl'

'Rep Events' seems to be consistent.

 

kngmkr_0-1679703924566.png

kngmkr_1-1679704185023.png

 

I want to do something like this, but this doesn't work.

 

kngmkr_2-1679704207988.png

 

Any ideas?

 

 

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  • Nived_Nambiar Profile Picture
    Nived_Nambiar 18,138 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi @kngmkr 

     

    To extract the text, i would suggest to try the Parse text action

     

    Nived_Nambiar_0-1679710609837.png

     

    This is how i tried

    Input string

    Nived_Nambiar_1-1679710655527.png

     

    Parse text

    Nived_Nambiar_2-1679710672498.png

     

    Regular expression: (?<=F.)[\S\s]+(?=Rep Events in Selected)

     

    Displaying the message after trimming the Match variable

    Nived_Nambiar_3-1679710722929.png

     

     

    Output got:

    Nived_Nambiar_4-1679710744199.png

     

    Hope it is clear

    Mark it as solution if it helped you in resolving the issue 🙂

     

  • Riyaz_riz11 Profile Picture
    Riyaz_riz11 4,150 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi @kngmkr ,

    As Nived told  as you can use Parse text and pass the regex so whatever matching you can able to get it.

     

    Regards

    Ahammad Riyaz

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