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# BC Friday Tips #43 Regex Codeunit

[Read the post](https://thatnavguy.com/blog/2025/bc-friday-tips-43-regex-codeunit/) · That NAV Guy (Teddy Herryanto, MVP) · 2025-08-15 · 63 words · tier community · reviewed (checked by Opus)

> Business Central includes a Regex codeunit that enables pattern matching in text. It provides functions like IsMatch, Match, and Replace for validating, cleaning, and transforming text without building custom search logic.

## Key points

- Regex codeunit supports pattern searching in text using IsMatch, Match, and Replace functions
- Eliminates need to write custom text search and validation functions
- Useful for text validation, cleaning, and transformation tasks

## Quotes

- "Regex (Regular Expression) lets you search for patterns in text." (Defines the core capability of the Regex codeunit for developers to understand its purpose)
- "Useful to validate, clean, or transform text. No need to build custom search functions." (Highlights the practical benefit of using the built-in codeunit instead of writing custom solutions)

## AL objects mentioned

As named in the post. A name that matches one object page by exact type and name links to it; the others stay as named.

- [codeunit 3960 "Regex"](../../objects/codeunit/3960.md)

## Context

- Features: IsMatch function, Match function, Replace function, Regular expression pattern matching

Source: That NAV Guy, community blog. Summary, key points and quotes are derived (CONTENT-NOTICE.md); read the original for the full text.