REGEXEXTRACT

extracts the first regex match · from excel · excel: not yet compared · sheets: not yet compared

signature

REGEXEXTRACT(text, pattern, [return_mode])

returns: text

argumentrequired
text required
pattern required
return_mode optional

examples

formula and result, taken from the engine's own test suite — every result below is asserted in CI, not written by hand.

fx =REGEXEXTRACT("text", "text") text

errors

error values observed from the engine — each with a call that produces it.

errorproduced by
#N/A =REGEXEXTRACT("alpha", 2)

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