{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Scripting Blog [archived]","provider_url":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting","author_name":"Kory Thacher","author_url":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/author\/koryt\/","title":"Regular Expressions (REGEX): Introduction - Scripting Blog [archived]","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Q6nz9mQ7p7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/regular-expressions-regex-introduction\/\">Regular Expressions (REGEX): Introduction<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/regular-expressions-regex-introduction\/embed\/#?secret=Q6nz9mQ7p7\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Regular Expressions (REGEX): Introduction&#8221; &#8212; Scripting Blog [archived]\" data-secret=\"Q6nz9mQ7p7\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2020\/10\/dr_scripto.jpg","thumbnail_width":102,"thumbnail_height":150,"description":"Hi all, this week I&#8217;ll be talking about Regular Expressions. I&#8217;ve got a few posts planned to get you set up and going with some basic Regex. Regex is used for extracting and validating data.\u00a0Essentially, you can think of Regex as windows wild cards on steroids. Anytime we need to match data with a little [&hellip;]"}