

Regular expressions are greedy by nature: if you don’t tell them not to, they match what you specify plus any adjacent characters.

For example, if you use a dot as the decimal separator in an IP address, escape it with a backslash (\.) so that it isn’t interpreted as a wildcard. Use the backslash (\) to escape regex metacharacters when you need those characters to be interpreted literally. Simple regex is easier for another user to interpret and modify. For example, the pattern "India" only matches "India." To make this regex act like a partial match, you must use metacharacters: "India.*" will return any value that begins with "India" and ends with anything (or nothing) else. In a Google Analytics 4 property, the default regex is a "full match." The data must exactly match the pattern you provide. Tips Default behavior between Universal Analytics and Google Analytics 4īy default, regular expressions in Universal Analytics properties are treated as a "partial match." The expression will be true if the pattern you provide is contained anywhere in the data.įor example, if you provide the pattern "India" the regex matches "India", "Indian", "Indiana", "Indianapolis", and so on. You don't need to use metacharacters to achieve this partial match. indicates that the adjacent dot should be interpreted as a period or decimal rather than as a wildcard. Indicates that the adjacent character should be interpreted literally rather than as a regex metacharacter

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Matches the enclosed characters in exact order anywhere in a string Matches the adjacent characters at the end of a string Matches the adjacent characters at the beginning of a string Matches the preceding character 0 or more times Matches the preceding character 1 or more times Matches the preceding character 0 or 1 times Matches any single character (letter, number or symbol) Or if you wanted to create a view filter that included only campaign data from two different cities, you could create a regular expression like San Francisco|New York (San Francisco or New York). Rather than enter 25 different IP addresses, you could create a regular expression like 198\.51\.100\.\d* that matches the entire range of addresses. In the context of Analytics, regular expressions are specific sequences of characters that broadly or narrowly match patterns in your Analytics data.įor example, if you wanted to create a view filter to exclude site data generated by your own employees, you could use a regular expression to exclude any data from the entire range of IP addresses that serve your employees. Always the reluctant hero, Gamaliel Tumpin is chosen for a special destiny, but his destiny will come at a cost.This article covers regular expressions in both Universal Analytics and Google Analytics 4. Vastly outnumbered, their only hope is a miracle. Meanwhile, the queen's long-exiled sister, Princess Clarisant, joins together with the diminutive werlings to fight the forces of evil. And if the queen gains possession of the key, no one will be able to oppose her. While the enchanted casket that holds the High Lady's mortal heart has been found, the golden key that can unlock it?and put an end to her reign of terror?has been lost. Rhiannon Rigantonan, the ruthless High Queen of Faerie, fights not only for her own immortality and her iron rule over Hagwood, but also to serve her most far-reaching ambition: conquering every corner of the known world. The final battle for Hagwood is under way War in Hagwood (English, Paperback) Robin Jarvis The werlings' peaceful existence is threatened by death and danger?and clumsy, awkward Gamaliel will need to call on the strength within him to fight for his family and his home. Her evil knows no bounds, and with her army of monstrous thorn ogres, she will not stop until it's found. The evil elf queen Rhiannon, the High Lady of the Hollow Hill, is desperately seeking a precious possession that was stolen long ago. And he envies star student Finnen Lufkin, who can transform into almost any creature. But wergling will soon be the least of Gamaliel's troubles. He's tormented by his sister, Kernella, and teased by his classmates. But unlike his fellow werlings, the bumbling Gamaliel Tumpin can't manage to wergle into even the simplest of forms?a mouse?like his peers. The werlings of Hagwood live peacefully in the trees of the forest?overlooked and unbothered while they leisurely perfect the art of wergling (shape-changing). "Fun for Hobbit-addicts and Potter-philes of all ages." ?Publishers Weekly Thorn Ogres of Hagwood (English, Paperback) Robin Jarvis
