Examples of Regular Expressions

• Enter a regular expression to define an IP address (aa.yy.zz.mm):

  To:	In the First Field Enter:	In the Second Field Enter:
  Create label by aa	(.*)([.].*[.].*[.].*)	1
  Create label by yy	(.*[.])(.*)([.].*[.].*)	2
  Create label by zz	(.*[.].*[.])(.*)([.].*)	2
  Create label by mm	(.*[.].*[.].*[.])(.*)	2

• Enter a regular expression to create the label by the first or last letters of the selected attribute:

  To:	In the First Field Enter:	In the Second Field Enter:
  Create label by the first letter	(.)(.*)	1
  Create label by the last letter	(.*)(.)	2
  Create label by the first two letters	(..)(.*)	1
  Create label by the last two letters	(.*)(..)	2

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