RegEx match complete word with special characters - using Rule Engine, Column Expressions, String Manipulation, and Java Snippets

RegEx match complete word with special characters
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Rule Engine
$my_text$ MATCHES /^.*(S\\.A\\.S\\.).*$/ => "contains S.A.S."

Column Expressions
else if (regexMatcher(column("my_text"), "^.*(S\.A\.S\.).*$")) {true}

String Manipulation
regexMatcher($my_text$, "^.*(S\.A\.S\.).*$")

Java Snippet (simple)
Pattern p = Pattern.compile("(^.*)(S\.A\.S\.)(.*$)");
Matcher m = p.matcher($my_text$);

Java Snippet
Pattern p = Pattern.compile("^.*(S\\.A\\.S\\.).*$");
Matcher m = p.matcher(c_my_text);

External resources

• (48551) - forum entry
• Component by natanaeldgsantos - Regex Find All
• Component by takbb - Regex String Stripper
• Component by takbb - Regex String Replacer
• more RegEx examples from the KNIME hub
• victor_palacios - Various Examples of Regex in KNIME
• hayasaka - Various Examples of Regex in KNIME
• KNIME and Java - simple if then else - with some string conversion
• RegEx - remove line breaks and special characters from column name