Develop an ECMAScript regex in a Regex Tool and copy grouped pattern into an Automation Tool

Automation & No-Code

Learn to design an ECMAScript regex in a testing environment and port the grouped pattern into an automation workflow.

Who is this for?

Developers, automation engineers, and no-code practitioners who need to extract data with regex and feed it into automated tasks.

Before you start

Basic knowledge of regular expressions, access to a regex testing tool and an automation platform, and a sample dataset.

General Process (How it works)

  1. Decide which parts of the input should be captured and how they will be used downstream
  2. Iteratively build the pattern with anchors, quantifiers, and flags
  3. Ensure the copied string preserves grouping
  4. Create a variable or field to hold the regex pattern in the workflow
  5. Run tests to verify captured groups are available to downstream steps

Watch out in Free Plans

❌ Some tools auto-escape characters in strings; ensure you paste raw pattern into automation
❌ Be mindful of escaping backslashes in JSON fields
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