How to extract FirstName and LastName from html tags with regex?

Question

I have response body which contains

"<h3 class="panel-title">Welcome 
                                First Last </h3>"

I want to fetch 'First Last' as a output

The regular expression I have tried are

"Welcome(\s*([A-Za-z]+))(\s*([A-Za-z]+))" 
"Welcome \s*([A-Za-z]+)\s*([A-Za-z]+)"

But not able to get the result. If I remove the newline and take it as "<h3 class="panel-title">Welcome First Last </h3>" it is detecting in online regex maker.

You regex works: [Group 2 and 4 contain your data](https://regex101.com/r/dK9sE0/1). — Wiktor Stribiżew, Mar 01 '16 at 13:27
Check out this SO question and answer about matching across multiple lines: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/159118/how-do-i-match-any-character-across-multiple-lines-in-a-regular-expression — MarkNFI, Mar 01 '16 at 13:34
In Jmeter, the texts are in `$2$` and `$4$` variables. Try using them. — Wiktor Stribiżew, Mar 01 '16 at 13:54

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 01 '16 at 14:10

Well, usually I don't recommend regex for this kind of work. DOM manipulation plays at its best.

but you can use following regex to yank text:

/(?:<h3.*?>)([^<]+)(?:<\/h3>)/i

See demo at https://regex101.com/r/wA2sZ9/1

This will extract First and Last names including extra spacing. I'm sure you can easily deal with spaces.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 01 '16 at 15:14

In jmeter reg exp extractor you can use:

<h3 class="panel-title">Welcome(.*?)</h3>

Then take value using $1$.

In the data you shown welcome is followed by enter.If actually its part of response then you have to use \n.

  <h3 class="panel-title">Welcome\n(.*?)</h3>

Otherwise above one is enough.

First verify this in jmeter using regular expression tester of response body.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 01 '16 at 17:58

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Welcome([\s\S]+?)<

Try this, it will definitely work.

answered Mar 01 '16 at 17:58

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andrew lorien · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-02T05:33:31.570

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I suspect your problem is the carriage return between "Welcome" and the user name. If you use the "single-line mode" flag (?s) in your regex, it will ignore newlines. Try these:

(?s)Welcome(\s*([A-Za-z]+))(\s*([A-Za-z]+)) 

(?s)Welcome \s*([A-Za-z]+)\s*([A-Za-z]+)

(this works in jMeter and any other java or php based regex, but not in javascript. In the comments on the question you say you're using javascript and also jMeter - if it is a jMeter question, then this will help. if javaScript, try one of the other answers)

edited Mar 02 '16 at 05:33

answered Mar 02 '16 at 04:27

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Hey ... thanks ! Worked for me ... Your guess was right. I was struggling with the newline . – Shivalika Mar 04 '16 at 06:27
Thanks Shivalika. It would be great if you marked my answer as "correct" – andrew lorien Mar 06 '16 at 23:01

Yomna Fahmy · Answer 5 · 2016-03-01T14:28:00.617

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Regular expressions are greedy by default, try this

Welcome\s*([A-Za-z]+)\s*([A-Za-z]+)

Groups 1 and 2 contain your data

Check it here

edited Mar 01 '16 at 14:28

answered Mar 01 '16 at 13:55

Yomna Fahmy

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*Regular expressions are greedy by default* is totally incorrect. Also, OP regex works. There is no need re-writing the regex for OP. OP needs to know HOW to use that regex in jmeter. – Wiktor Stribiżew Mar 01 '16 at 13:55
Can you elaborate what do you mean by OP? – Shivalika Mar 01 '16 at 14:06
OP = "original poster". The gender neutral version of the person who asked the question – OneCricketeer Mar 01 '16 at 14:13

How to extract FirstName and LastName from html tags with regex?

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