How to write the regex to get the words before dot from 456yti.computer.com

[Ankitha2]

I have given an example expression above in the question but i want to get the characters before the dot for any expression. 

[Richard Hine]

Ankitha,

You want something like /^([a-z0-9]*)\./ suggest you try this on somewhere like regex101.com.

Hope this helps,

Richard

[Ankitha2]

Hi Richard, thanks for the ans. I have tested in regex101. com in the above example I should the characters till the dot but now I am getting the dot also

[Rahul Priyadars]

try this

/[^.]*/

Tested the result- String before first occurrence of character . here Its Dot.

Another one

Regards

RP

[Abhijit4]

Hi,

Your requirement can be achieved by using JavaScript split() method as well instead of using regex pattern as shown below.

var testText="firsttext.middletext.lasttext";
var array=test.split(".");
gs.print(array[0]);

if requirement can be achieved with Javascript methods then I would prefer Javascript methods over regex pattern.

I am adding this answer just in case someone finds it useful in future.

Thanks and Regards

Abhijit