Need help with Regular expression


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I created a Nintex workflow sometime back which was using Regular expression to replace the string " to "

When i used Run Now in the past, it was appearing correctly as the Pattern.

Today i received error from the workflow and it looks like the " becomes " in the Run now function. See the screen shot below. 

I'm assuming this is how it would be treating during the actual conversion when the workflow is running. Is my assumption correct? How can I treat the whole string as it is for the replacement? My Input Text is a XML which comes from nested Repeating table on the form.

I'm on Nintex workflow 2013 3.1.8.0 and SP 2013.


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I found the issue. This is not an error but the way Run Now function treats "amp" string. This is new find for me.

It removes this from the Input string as well. So if my pattern becomes " my input string also doesn't have the amp string for replacement. Hope its clear.

Could someone please mark it as closed/Assumed Answered.

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interesting finding, thanks for sharing.

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