confusion of regex

["Liao, Avian" <al...@enporion.com>]

Hi, All, 

I used to confused of the fields of Regular Expressions Extractor, and with help from Kyle, I get it resolved, and hope my mistake won't repeat in your case. 

Regular Expression Extractor:
Reference Name:   >>You can name whatever name you like (myName)
Regular Expressions:  >>> This is where I made mistake, I thought I need to match the reference name that I use, but actually I need to indicate the target that I am extract from, like I am try to extract value from "_processid=ksjsjsjsjjs", so I should put _processid= your regex

Hope it can help someone someday.

AL

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Hi, Kyle, 

Now, I know what confused me and my computer. Thanks for clearing that out.
And hope it won't happen to other people.
Avian

-----Original Message-----
From: Kyle McAbee [mailto:k.mcabee@treev.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 10:20 AM
To: Liao, Avian
Subject: RE: The Regular Expressions Extractor problem


Dear Avian Liao and JMeter Users:

Maybe I am not clear, either!

Your regular expression for page X is:
> Regular Expression: _processid2=(\w*-\w*-\w*-\w*-\w*)

You describe page X this way:
> In this X page, ... it looks like '_processid=3FFBE12D-09E1-E860-91E4-46CF365BCC46'

"_processid2" in the regular expression cannot match "_processid" in the web page. 

"_processid2" does not match "_processid".
"_processid2" matches "_processid2".

Maybe you are confusing the search pattern in the regular expression with the reference name. If you use Reference Name of "_processid2", you do not have to use "_processid2" in the Regular Expression. The Regular Expression can be any regular expression.

Sincerely yours,

Kyle


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