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[simonaubert]

Hello,

Well, every other products on the market support regex expression, not Qlik. Qlikview offers a turnaround based on macros.

According to wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression

A regular expression, regex or regexp[1] (sometimes called a rational expression)[2][3] is a sequence of characters that define a search pattern. Usually such patterns are used by string searching algorithms for "find" or "find and replace" operations on strings, or for input validation. It is a technique developed in theoretical computer science and formal language theory.

Best regards,

Simon

[marc_behrens]

Would be nice to use for URLs / SEO

[Spivey]

This would be a hugely useful function! Data validation, especially, would become much easier with regex.

[pritamdeb]

Would love to have native support for RegExp. At this moment, we are using QlikView RegExp macros to process the data and create QVD which are being consumed by Qlik Sense. The existing RegEx connector seems clunky and ungainly.

[Jeffrey_Goldberg]

Hi there, it's not currently planned, but I would like to understand better. RegEx in load script? RegEx in expression editor? Are you looking for the ability to add a known pattern or do you expect a built-in pattern matcher like https://regex101.com/

I concur using a web connector is not ideal.

[simonaubert]

Hello @Jeffrey_Goldberg 

Regex in both load and expression. In load script, I expect it written by hand and in expression with a little wizard such as regex101 or the wizard for set analysis.

Best regards,

Simon

[simonaubert]

Hello @Jeffrey_Goldberg 

This idea has now 43 votes, wich is not that bad. Have you changed your mind on that "non-planned"?

Best regards,

Simon

[Code]

44 votes!

RegEx in load script AND in expression editor, in View AND in Sense!

[simonaubert]

Hello @Code 

Can you please click on the thumb icon beside the number of likes? Thats's how you vote 😉

Best regards,

Simon

[PabloLabbeImaps]

Hi @Jeffrey_Goldberg , still not planned ?

[steeefan]

*bump*