Regular Expression (RegEx)

A regular expression (usually called regex or regexp) is a sequence of characters that help you search in text (strings). Various systems use Regex for field validation and find or find & replace operations in text (strings). Regex is common in computer science. See Wikipedia Regex for more details.

Regex is used in Picturepark Business Rules or field format validations. Regex is best suited when you have a proper file naming convention in place.

Online tool to test & validate regular expressions: www.regexr.com

• Make sure PCRE is selected in the top right corner

• Switch between Details and Explain tab

Get specific product code from the filename

The product code must be at the beginning and must be 14 characters long. 

(?<productCode>^(F-|G-|V-)[^_]*?)_()

Get any product code from the original filename

(?<productCode>^[0-9]{2} [0-9]{3} [^-]*)-(?<filename>.*)

Short Explanation: 

• Create a group "productCode"

• Start a the beginning ^

• Get the first two numbers

• Get the next three numbers

• Get the rest until you find a dash - 

Get code that starts with MT-

(?:MT|\G)-(?<mediaType>[A-Z\s]{3,4})

Short Explanation: 

• Create a group "mediaType"

• Get a code that starts with MT