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Last updated Feb 23, 2024

Find Matching Patterns

UiPath.Core.Activities.Matches

Description

Searches an input string for all occurrences of a regular expression and returns all the successful matches. This activity has a RegEx Builder wizard that can be used to configure it, on which you can read more here.

Note: This activity does not work well in workflows using persistence.

Project compatibility

Windows - Legacy | Windows | Cross-platform

Cross-platform configuration

  • Text to search in: - The string to be searched for matches.
  • Pattern - The regular expression pattern to match.
Advanced options

Others

  • Pattern Options - A bitwise combination of the enumeration values that specify options for matching. The available options are IgnoreCase, Multiline, ExplicitCapture, Compiled, Singeline, IgnorePatternWhitespace, RightToLeft, ECMAScript, and CultureInvariant.

Output

  • Result - Reference to the collection of found matches.
  • First Match - Outputs the first match as String.

Windows - Legacy, Windows configuration

Designer panel
  • Configure Regular Expression... - Opens the RegEx Builder wizard where you can specify the regular expression pattern to be matched.
Properties panel
Common
  • DisplayName - The display name of the activity.
Input
  • Pattern - The regular expression pattern to match.
  • Text to search in: - The string to be searched for matches.
  • Pattern options - A bitwise combination of the enumeration values that specify options for matching.
Misc
  • Private - If selected, the values of variables and arguments are no longer logged at Verbose level.
  • Result - Reference to the collection of found matches.

Output

  • First Match - Outputs the first match as String.

Example of using the Matches activity

Here you can see how the Matches activity is used in an example that incorporates multiple activities.

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