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Performs data detection to find details in text.
Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
RegEx | 11.1 | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ✅ Yes, on macOS | ✅ Yes |
Parameter | Description | Example |
---|---|---|
CheckingType | What type of data to look for. Can be a combination of Date, Address, Link, PhoneNumber or TransitInformation. |
"Address, PhoneNumber" |
Text | The text to check. | "Phone us at (555)555-555 later!" |
Returns JSON or error.
Find a phone number:
MBS( "RegEx.DataDetector"; "PhoneNumber"; "Phone us at (555)555-555 later!" )
Example result:
[
{
"length" : 12,
"position" : 13,
"text" : "(555)555-555",
"type" : "PhoneNumber",
"PhoneNumber" : "(555)555-555"
}
]
Find date:
MBS( "RegEx.DataDetector"; "Date"; "Call me tomorrow at 8pm later." )
Example result:
[
{
"length" : 15,
"Duration" : 0,
"position" : 9,
"Date" : "21.02.2021 20:00",
"text" : "tomorrow at 8pm",
"TimeZone" : null,
"type" : "Date",
"DateGMT" : "2021-02-21 19:00:00 +0000"
}
]
Find a link:
MBS( "RegEx.DataDetector"; "Link"; "Visit http://www.mbsplugins.eu/ to learn more." )
Example result:
[
{
"length" : 25,
"position" : 7,
"text" : "http:\/\/www.mbsplugins.eu\/",
"type" : "Link",
"URL" : "http:\/\/www.mbsplugins.eu\/"
}
]
Find an address:
MBS( "RegEx.DataDetector"; "Address"; "Visit use at Apple Park, One Apple Park Way, Cupertino, CA 95014, United States to learn more." )
Example result:
[
{
"length" : 54,
"position" : 26,
"Street" : "One Apple Park Way",
"State" : "CA",
"ZIP" : "95014",
"text" : "One Apple Park Way, Cupertino, CA 95014, United States",
"Country" : "United States",
"type" : "Address",
"City" : "Cupertino"
}
]
Find transit information:
MBS( "RegEx.DataDetector"; "TransitInformation"; "Take LH444 or DL15 to Atlanta." )
Example result:
[
{
"length" : 5,
"position" : 6,
"Flight" : "444",
"text" : "LH444",
"type" : "TransitInformation"
},
{
"length" : 4,
"position" : 15,
"Flight" : "15",
"text" : "DL15",
"type" : "TransitInformation"
}
]
Find phone number and address in one text:
MBS( "RegEx.DataDetector"; "Address, PhoneNumber"; "abc Inc¶Mr. John Meyer¶Neuer Weg 50¶12345 Neuestadt¶¶Phone: 0123 456789¶Fax: 0123 456780" )
Example result:
[
{
"length" : 28,
"position" : 24,
"Street" : "Neuer Weg 50",
"ZIP" : "12345",
"text" : "Neuer Weg 50\r12345 Neuestadt",
"type" : "Address",
"City" : "Neuestadt"
},
{
"length" : 11,
"position" : 61,
"text" : "0123 456789",
"type" : "PhoneNumber",
"PhoneNumber" : "0123 456789"
},
{
"length" : 11,
"position" : 78,
"text" : "0123 456780",
"type" : "PhoneNumber",
"PhoneNumber" : "0123 456780"
}
]
Find date with duration:
MBS( "RegEx.DataDetector"; "Date"; "We are closed from 1st to 5th April." )
Example result:
[
{
"length" : 21,
"Duration" : 345600,
"position" : 15,
"Date" : "01.04.2021 12:00",
"text" : "from 1st to 5th April",
"TimeZone" : null,
"type" : "Date",
"DateGMT" : "2021-04-01 10:00:00 +0000"
}
]
Find an email:
MBS( "RegEx.DataDetector"; "Link"; "John Miller <John.miller@mbsplugins.com>" )
Example result:
[
{
"length" : 26,
"position" : 14,
"text" : "John.miller@mbsplugins.com",
"type" : "Link",
"URL" : "mailto:John.miller@mbsplugins.com"
}
]
This function checks for a license.
Created 18th February 2021, last changed 6th July 2021