How to use regex expression in Katalon Studio?

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I have a regex expression which checks for the valid date and timezone format but when I tried to use it in Katalon, I get unexpected errors about using the slases:

^\d\d([-/])\d\d\1\d{4} \d\d:\d\d [AP]M ET$

Here's an example of the regex that seems to be working in here: https://regex101.com/r/nZC9PB/1

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score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 06 '23 at 13:26

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The regex expression by user should work well in some languages / platform, but in order to make it accurate to Katalon, we should use escaped character '' before '/' in '[-/]'. So that Katalon Studio can understand the regex expression correctly.

The correct regex expression should be:

^\d\d([-\/])\d\d\1\d{4} \d\d:\d\d [AP]M ET$

edited Mar 06 '23 at 13:26

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answered Feb 08 '23 at 09:20

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 25 '23 at 08:13

For doublequoted string in groovy you have to escape every \ and $ --> \\ and \$

But there is a slashy string in groovy where you need to escape only slash symbol / --> \/

https://groovy-lang.org/syntax.html#_slashy_string

def re = /^\d\d([-\/])\d\d\1\d{4} \d\d:\d\d [AP]M ET$/
assert "06-01-2023 11:59 PM ET" =~ re

"Ok"

How to use regex expression in Katalon Studio?

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