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| - | The Search Variable action allows you to search a variable for a regular expression and capture what you find to one or more variables. This can be very useful for splitting apart the contents of a variable. | + | The Search Variable action allows you to search a variable for a [[:Regular Expressions|regular expression]] and capture what you find to one or more variables. This can be very useful for splitting apart the contents of a variable. |
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| Select where to save results with the //and save capture groups to Variables// pop-up. Depending on the nature of your search you may simply be presented with an //All// option, or with the opportunity to save multiple results to multiple variables. | Select where to save results with the //and save capture groups to Variables// pop-up. Depending on the nature of your search you may simply be presented with an //All// option, or with the opportunity to save multiple results to multiple variables. | ||
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| + | If the search fails, by default (7.1+) the action will abort the macro and notify you of the failure. The destination variables will not be modified. You can turn off aborting the macro and/or notifying you in the gear menu (the destination variables will still not be modified in this case). | ||
| Examples: | Examples: | ||
| - | * Use a regular expression to search through a product price list and save only certain parts of it. Given a line like | + | * Use a regular expression to search through a product price list and save only certain parts of it. |
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| + | Given a line like | ||
| //SKU1234 Widget 1 $12.95// | //SKU1234 Widget 1 $12.95// | ||
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| this could look like the following: | this could look like the following: | ||
| Search for: (SKU\d{4})\t(.+)\t(.+) | Search for: (SKU\d{4})\t(.+)\t(.+) | ||
| - | And capture: the first and third bracketed items to save only the SKU number and the price. To work through a list you would need to include a loop or repeat of some kind. | + | |
| + | And capture: the first and third bracketed items to save only the SKU number and the price. | ||
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| + | To work through a list you would need to include a loop or repeat of some kind. | ||
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| + | ===== See Also ===== | ||
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| + | ---- | ||
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| + | === Actions === | ||
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| + | * [[action:Search Clipboard|Search Clipboard]] | ||
| + | * [[action:Search Variable|Search Variable]] | ||
| + | * [[:Actions|See all Actions]] | ||
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| + | ==== Topics ==== | ||
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| + | * [[:Regular Expressions|Regular Expressions]] | ||
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| + | ---- | ||
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| + | ==== Forum ==== | ||
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| + | - [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/t/extracting-substring-of-a-variable/3007/2|Extracting substring of a Variable]] | ||
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| + | - [[https://forum.keyboardmaestro.com/search?q=Search%20Variable|Keyboard Maestro Forum topics about Search Variable]] | ||
action/Search_Variable.txt · Last modified: 2017/09/07 04:10 by peternlewis
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