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regex to extract a string between 5th and 6th colon without space

I am working on a regex to extract the string between 5th and 6th string. I need to extract it without space as space is in between colons. Below is a sample from which I have to extract

Abc Cloud : Xyz : Windows : Non Prod : Silver : ATC123XYZ : AQW Service is Down

I have tried : (.+?): however it returns : Xyz :,: Non Prod : and : ATC123XYZ :. What I want is only ATC123XYZ.

Solution

  • You may try:

    ^(?:[^:]+\s*:\s*){5}([^:\s]+)

    Demo

    Explanation:

    ^                 from the start of the input
(?:               match (but don't capture)
    [^:]+\s*:\s*  any term followed by :
){5}              match exactly 5 of these
([^:\s]+)         then match AND capture the 6th term

    The term you want would be available in the first capture group.