Text Parsing by specific line

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Hello, I am trying to parse text from an email into excel, I have the email and excel connections working correctly and I am able to parse some of the data into excel because there is a pattern like the word Date on the line immediately before the date, but I want to take specific lines from the email where there is no pattern preceding them.

In my case I want to parse all the text from the first line into one field (excel column) and then in a separate expression I want to take all the text from the second line into a separate field (excel column).

I tried using AI to give me the expression and it gave me the following but when I enter these into the Text Parser - Match pattern I get the error “Stucked in an infinite loop”.

First Line Expression
^(.)
Second Line Expression
^(?:.\R)(.*)

Very possible I am not using the correct module or expressions, any help would be appreciated,

John

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To provide code/text using Markdown format, you can type a code fence.
Add three backticks ``` in a separate line before and after the content, like this,

```
text goes here
```

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Providing the input/output bundles will allow others to replicate what is going on in the scenario, especially if there are complex data structures (nested arrays and collections) or if external services are involved, and help you with mapping the raw property names from collections.

When reaching out for assistance with extracting text, it would be super helpful if you could share the actual text you’re trying to match. Screenshots of text can be a bit tricky, so if you could copy and paste the text directly here, that would be awesome! It ensures we can run it against test patterns effectively. If there’s any sensitive info, feel free to change it to something fictional yet still valid by keeping the format intact.

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Please format the example text this way to preserve line breaks and special characters:

Here are some ways to provide text content in a way that it won’t be modified by the forum.

  • Method 1: Type code fence manually —
    Add three backticks ``` in a separate line before and after the content, like this,

    ```
text goes here
```

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