I'm hoping to capture some rando weirdness that is being dynamically generated and stuffed at the end of my temporary ASP files. The weirdness is a pattern of two sets of eight characters (appear to be all non capital letters) sandwiched by dots.
I am trying to find the best regex to capture both sets of 8 non capital letter characters, sandwiched by dots.
Here is my current regex:
\.([^A-Z]{8})\.
My current regex works ok to capture the first set, but doesn't capture the second set. I believe it's because the dot is getting eaten after the first match and so there's no dot to trigger the second set from matching.
How can I improve this regex so it captures both sets of dynamic weirdness? Would greatly appreciate any help folks can provide!
Data set to match:
| String | Expected match |
|---|---|
| \Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\svc_pr30\701d8ff1\10cc0653\App_Web_defaultwsdlhelpgenerator.aspx.cdcab7d2.3sl-aaqs.dll | cdcab7d2.3sl-aaqs |
| \Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\svc_pr21\a201b637\20c58f14\App_Web_defaultwsdlhelpgenerator.aspx.cdcab7d2.xqj2w-wv.dll | cdcab7d2.xqj2w-wv |
| \Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\web_releaseapi\638ee986\2f0d9ef4\App_Web_defaultwsdlhelpgenerator.aspx.cdcab7d2.-qsn3y9x.dll | cdcab7d2.-qsn3y9x |
| \Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\web_releaseapi\638ee986\2f0d9ef4\App_Web_defaultwsdlhelpgenerator.aspx.cdcab7d2.pyn4enbe.dll | cdcab7d2.pyn4enbe |
| \Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\cmuserservice_windowsauth\a10d69fc\d9424d7d\App_Web_defaultwsdlhelpgenerator.aspx.cdcab7d2.thhlx9xi.dll | cdcab7d2.thhlx9xi |
CodePudding user response：
Instead of focusing on the non capital, your dataset actually extracts: all small letters, numbers, and dash. Separated by a dot
And you want to extract just before the .dll
So you can use this regex to extract.
([a-z0-9-] ?\.[-a-z0-9] ?)\.dll
Then for your result, simply get group 1 of the regex matches. I presume you know about regex grouping.
CodePudding user response：
You can use
\.([^A-Z.]{8}\.[^A-Z.]{8})\.
See the regex demo. Details:
\.- a dot([^A-Z.]{8}\.[^A-Z.]{8})- Group 1: eight chars other than a dot and uppercase ASCII letters, a.and then again eight chars other than a dot and uppercase ASCII letters\.- a dot.
Group 1 values for each tested string will be:
cdcab7d2.3sl-aaqs
cdcab7d2.xqj2w-wv
cdcab7d2.-qsn3y9x
cdcab7d2.pyn4enbe
cdcab7d2.thhlx9xi