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| - | ====== Search using Regular Expression ====== | + | ====== Search using Regular Expression Action ====== |
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| The //Search using Regular Expression// action allows you to search a clipboard, variable, a file (v8+) or some text (v8+) 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. | The //Search using Regular Expression// action allows you to search a clipboard, variable, a file (v8+) or some text (v8+) 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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| + | :!: **Note: This RegEx Search returns _only the first_ match in the source text.**\\ | ||
| + | If you want to process _all_ matches, you will need to use a [[action:For_Each|For Each Action]] as [[:Regular_Expressions#Examples|Shown in this Example]]. | ||
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