Blank Space in Regex Pattern

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Hi guys,

I’m trying to extract the last email from an email thread. To this end, I’m identifying the date mention of the previous email in the thread – e.g. “On Fri. 5 Jul. 2024 at 16:51, John DOE wrote:” (“Le ven. 5 juil. 2024 à 16h51, John DOE a écrit :” in French) – and extracting the content that lies before that mention.

Input – Part 1
Input – Part 1783×930 70.7 KB

Input – Part 2
Input – Part 2848×327 20.7 KB

The thing is, I noticed that when using a blank space in my regular expression, the ‘Text Parser’ module wouldn’t recognize that character.

Test 1 – Regex Pattern
Test 1 – Regex Pattern587×493 32.7 KB

Test 1 – Output
Test 1 – Output699×424 31 KB

But if instead I replace that blank space with the broader metacharacter \s, the ‘Text Parser’ module will this time recognize the blank space.

Test 2 – Regex Pattern
Test 2 – Regex Pattern651×578 43.5 KB

Test 2 – Output
Test 2 – Output695×436 32.9 KB

And yet:

  1. as shown in the first screenshots, the inputted text does contain a blank space
  2. as explained in Make Academy, Make is supposed to identify blank spaces

Make Academy

Do you guys have any explanation as to that mystery?

Thanks.