How Can I Parse the Value "Sheet1!A10:G10" to Return Just the Number 10?

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I have a value of “Sheet1!A10:G10”. How can I parse this so it returns just the number 10? Please write it with field input and then returns the value.

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Based on your request, you’re looking to extract the row number from a given string that represents a range in a spreadsheet, specifically “Sheet1!A10:G10”. Here’s how you can achieve this in a Pipedream component using Node.js: export default defineComponent({ props: { range: { type: "string", label: "Range", description: "Enter the range in the format 'Sheet1!A10:G10'", }, }, async run({ steps, $ }) { // Extract the row number from the range const rowNumber = this.range.match(/\d+/)[0]; // Return the row number return rowNumber; }, }) In this component, we define a range prop to allow the user to input the range in the format “Sheet1!A10:G10”. The run method uses a regular expression to find the first sequence of digits in the input string, which corresponds to the row number in the range. This value is then returned by the component.

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When I ran the code, I used Sheet1!A10:G10 as my value, but it returned 1, when it should have been 10.

export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    range: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Range",
      description: "Enter the range in the format 'Sheet1!A10:G10'",
    },
  },
  async run({ steps, $ }) {
    // Extract the row number from the range
    const rowNumber = this.range.match(/\d+/)[0];
    
    // Return the row number
    return rowNumber;
  },
})
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It looks like the issue you’re encountering is due to the way the row number is being extracted from the range string. The regular expression /\d+/ matches the first occurrence of one or more digits in the string, which in your case is 1 from A10. This is why you’re seeing 1 as the output instead of 10. To correctly extract the row number from the range string, you should modify the regular expression to ensure it captures the digits that come after the letter(s) and before the colon (if present). You can use the following updated code: export default defineComponent({ props: { range: { type: "string", label: "Range", description: "Enter the range in the format 'Sheet1!A10:G10'", }, }, async run({ steps, $ }) { // Extract the row number from the range const rowNumber = this.range.match(/[A-Z]+(\d+)/)[1]; // Return the row number return rowNumber; }, }) In this updated code, the regular expression [A-Z]+(\d+) is used to match one or more uppercase letters followed by one or more digits. The digits part is captured using parentheses, making it a capturing group. By accessing the first capturing group with [1], you get the row number correctly, even if it has multiple digits.