Regular Expression Steps

Overview

Regular Expressions (Regex) are patterns written in a formal language that can be interpreted by a regular expression processor to serve the function of text validation. By utilizing the host of Regex steps offered by Decisions, users can use specific Regular Expressions to validate text input such as a phone number of email. This document demonstrates how to validate some common text use cases via Regular Expressions and serves as a discussion of the Regex steps available in Decisions.

Flow Steps

The Decisions Studio provides five primary Regular Expression steps in the Flow Designer for validating text input. These steps can be found by navigating to Steps > Data > Text.

The included steps and their functions are as follows:

Step	Function
Regex Match	Returns a True or False as the result of Regex validation.
Regex Replace	Allows users the ability to replace or remove characters utilizing a Regex pattern to find the matching value, and the Options input as a way of providing additional text handling.
Regex Get Matches	Returns a count of matched results against a Regex text validation.
Regex Get Matches Advanced	Returns a list of matched validations utilizing a Regex pattern, a text Input, and additional Regex Options if desired.
Regex Does Not Match	Returns a True or False result for if the validated String does not match the Input/Regex Pattern.

Step

Function

Regex Match

Returns a True or False as the result of Regex validation.

Regex Replace

Allows users the ability to replace or remove characters utilizing a Regex pattern to find the matching value, and the Options input as a way of providing additional text handling.

Regex Get Matches

Returns a count of matched results against a Regex text validation.

Regex Get Matches Advanced

Returns a list of matched validations utilizing a Regex pattern, a text Input, and additional Regex Options if desired.

Regex Does Not Match

Returns a True or False result for if the validated String does not match the Input/Regex Pattern.

Common Use Case Patterns

Additional Information on Regular Expressions

The following Regex Patterns can be used in conjunction with the Regex Match step to perform some common text validation. For further information on Regular Expressions and how to configure them see: Microsoft: Regular Expression Language Quick Reference.

Type of Validation	Regex Pattern
Email	^\w+([-+.']\w+)@\w+([-.]\w+)\.\w+([-.]\w+)*$
Routing Number	^((0[0-9])\|(1[0-2])\|(2[1-9])\|(3[0-2])\|(6[1-9])\|(7[0-2])\|80)([0-9]{7})$
Phone Number	\(?\d{3}\)?-? \d{3}-? -?\d{4}
String (Only Numbers)	^[0-9]+$
Zip Code	^\d{5}(?:[-\s]\d{4})?$

Type of Validation

Regex Pattern

^\w+([-+.']\w+)*@\w+([-.]\w+)*\.\w+([-.]\w+)*$

Routing Number

^((0[0-9])|(1[0-2])|(2[1-9])|(3[0-2])|(6[1-9])|(7[0-2])|80)([0-9]{7})$

Phone Number

$?\d{3}$?-? *\d{3}-? *-?\d{4}

String (Only Numbers)

^[0-9]+$

Zip Code

^\d{5}(?:[-\s]\d{4})?$

Regular Expression Steps

Overview

Flow Steps

Common Use Case Patterns

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