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Hi,<br />
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pls try<br />

<pre><code id="code-20-42192737-1">([\S]*\s){2}([^\s]*)</code></pre>
REgards
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Hi,

pls try


([\S]*\s){2}([^\s]*)

REgards

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Thanks, with that code I am returned two matches, the second being what I am after. Can it be revised so that only the second match is returned?
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Thanks, with that code I am returned two matches, the second being what I am after. Can it be revised so that only the second match is returned?

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I have a situation where I need to be able to always highlight 3rd section or column of a string. Can anyone suggest the appropriate syntax?<br />
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For example in the below strings bird would be highlighted.<br />
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dog asds-sds-assa bird y <br />
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dinosaur nkj-as bird
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I have a situation where I need to be able to always highlight 3rd section or column of a string. Can anyone suggest the appropriate syntax?

For example in the below strings bird would be highlighted.

dog asds-sds-assa bird y 

dinosaur nkj-as bird

Can Regex be used to identify a column in a string?

A regular expression ("regex") is a sequence of characters that define a search pattern, mainly for use in pattern matching with strings, or string matching, i.e. "find and replace"-like operations. Regular expression processors are found in several search engines, search and replace dialogs of several word processors and text editors, and in the command lines of text processing utilities, such as sed and AWK. Many programming languages provide regular expression capabilities, some built-in, for example Perl, JavaScript, Ruby, AWK, and Tcl, and others via a standard library, for example .NET languages, Java, Python and C++ (since C++11). Most other languages offer regular expressions via a library.