StringExtract

StringExtract["string",n]

extracts the n^(th) block of characters in string, where blocks of characters are defined as delimited by whitespace.

StringExtract["string",{pos1,pos2,…}]

extracts blocks at several positions in string.

StringExtract["string",seppos]

takes blocks to be delimited by separators that match sep.

StringExtract["string",pos1,pos2,…]

extracts blocks at positions posi, delimiting with whitespace for the lowest level, newlines for the next level, and a successively increasing number of newlines thereafter.

StringExtract["string",sep1pos1,sep2pos2,…]

gives a nested list of blocks, with the sepi used as separators for successive levels.

Details

  • The position specifications for blocks can have any of the following forms:
  • nn^(th) block
    -nn^(th) block counting from the end
    {n1,n2,…}collection of blocks
    n1;;n2n1^(th) through n2^(th) block
    Allall blocks
  • The separator sep can be a literal string or a string pattern.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (3)

Extract the second word from a string:

Extract a sequence of words:

Use -- as a word separator:

Scope  (4)

Extract the last word from a string:

Extract the first and third words:

Extract all whitespace-delimited tokens:

Extract the English words from the text:

Take the first word from each line:

Take the first word from the third line:

Take every word from the third line:

Elements not present in a group yield Missing[…]:

Applications  (1)

Extract the first column from a string in CSV (comma-separated values) format:

Extract all columns:

Extract only the first row:

Properties & Relations  (4)

StringExtract["string",pattAll] is equivalent to StringSplit["string",patt]:

StringExtract["string",{pos1,pos2,…}] is equivalent to Part[StringSplit["string"],{pos1,pos2,…}]:

StringExtract["string",…,pos-3,pos-2,pos-1] is equivalent to StringExtract["string",…,"\n\n"pos-3,"\n"pos-2,Whitespacepos-1]:

StringExtract can be used on the output of StringRiffle:

Wolfram Research (2015), StringExtract, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringExtract.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2015), StringExtract, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringExtract.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2015. "StringExtract." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringExtract.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2015). StringExtract. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringExtract.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2023_stringextract, author="Wolfram Research", title="{StringExtract}", year="2015", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringExtract.html}", note=[Accessed: 18-April-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2023_stringextract, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={StringExtract}, year={2015}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/StringExtract.html}, note=[Accessed: 18-April-2024 ]}