I would like to extract the word “San Francisco” WITHOUT the parenthesis.
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Use Formatter Regex to Extract Words from a Parenthesis
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Hi
Since Formatter steps are free you could do this in 2 steps.
Formatter > Text > Split
Split at (
Keep the last segment
Then
Formatter > Text > Split
Split at )
Keep the first segment
+14- Zapier Orchestrator & Solution Partner
If you wanted to use Formatter > Text > Extract Pattern, try this:
\((.*?)\)
+14- Zapier Orchestrator & Solution Partner
Also, you can use AI to help you format data.
When mapping variables between Zap steps, there is an AI option to format data.
Give that a try.
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