I have a sticky Regex problem. I am using 3.7 and the Column Expressions node.
My data columns are auto-formatted as Number Double and includes this kind of data
11.2 (good)
15000.25 (good)
123.1234 (bad)
100,000 (bad - but Regex not catching as bad)
I am trying to flag match values to find errors (in everything not matched). I think my logic is wrong or the way the cell handles the ‘,’ might be throwing things off.
The below is matching on what I need. The issue is that its also marking the 100,00 as matched - no issue, when it should be matched as a problem.
Also, regex matches Strings; a column of Double data type is just a double number - it doesn’t have thousands separator commas - only when a double value is rendered for the user does it potentially gain a comma - so i’m not sure what you’re trying to do here.
Maybe if you could attach a workflow with some sample data, or state differently what your problem is, a solution would be more clear. ?
I was trying to blockquote the regex code to make it stand out in the post. I will investigate this issue further with the data. I though that I was possibly doing something wrong with my data.
Based on the feedback I just set the cells to String. I guess I didn’t realize that KNIME would auto format them to Double (which added the comma to the number). I really appreciate all of the assistance. The Regex works without issue!
