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category: [Administration & Integrations, Platform and Product Extensions, Platform and Product Extensions/Integration, Administration & Integrations/Custom Integrations & Apps, Platform and Product Extensions/Workday Extend]
keyword: [Extend, PMD Scripting, Scripts]
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title: filterRegex (list, regexValue)
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## <a id="section_m3p_myb_5db"></a>Description

Returns a filtered list of strings that match a Regex value.

## <a id="section_cyq_j1m_zsb"></a>Return Type

`List`

## <a id="section_dz5_pwg_5db"></a>Namespace Function Syntax

```
list:filterRegex(list, regexValue)
```

<table><thead><tr><th>Parameter</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>list</td><td>A list of strings.</td></tr><tr><td>regexValue</td><td>A Regex expression.</td></tr></tbody></table><br/>

<b>Example</b>

Assume <i>theList</i> is <i>['my','123','regex','list']</i>.

`list:filterRegex(theList, '[a-z]+')`

Returns `['my', 'regex', 'list']`