I need a regular expression that captures just the ID “Z*TESTID” without the <.
The text its looking in will look like this:
If you’re already logged in with <Z*TESTID (Job Role-based ID)>, pass this step. Otherwise:
Logout and completely close out of all Edge browser tabs for the profile you’re using for testing.
Open your testing Edge browser profile and log back in with <Z*TESTID> (replace * with your
Hello @kasey.betts
Please find below a regex pattern and expression to capture the first match.
Regex Pattern preview
Use the following in an Assign activity:
System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Match(yourStr, “(?<=<)[^\s\>]+”).ToString
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Cheers
Steve
@Steven_McKeering what do I change to make it capture any ID beginning with “Z”?
I need to get just the letters. It may be in any of the formats below
{Z*TestID}
ZMHjjj
[ZDTestID]
In all of those scenarios I would need everything after Z until a space or the next word.
not including the brackets…however there won’t always be brackets
Hello
Glad I could help you 
You just need to add a “Z” before the first Square Bracket [
Like this:
Let me explain this pattern:
Must have a “<” to start the pattern (but wont capture this in the match.
Must have a “Z” to begin the match.
Will match ALL text until it reaches a space (“\s”) or a “>”
Hopefully this helps
Cheers
Steve
It may not always have the <. It might just say “the ID is ZMHGG” and I would still need to capture that Z ID.
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