[Solved] Parsing data from filename separated by a character

[gabrielp]

Is there an easy way to pull values from the jobNameProper with separators in this format?


Essentially I need a way to capture the first, second, third, and fourth value separated by an underscore.

[bens]

You'll probably need a regular expression; I don't think the string manipulation for variables is strong enough.

Do you have the scripting module? If so, you can use this:

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var theRegex = /(.*)_(.*)_(.*)_(.*)_.*/;
theRegex.search( job.getNameProper() );
var theCompleteMatch = theRegex.cap(0);
var thePlateID = theRegex.cap(1);
//...

[gabrielp]

Thanks man. Exactly what I was looking for. I have an e-book on regex I have had for a while now. Maybe it's time to finally read it.