# tPatternExtract

Outputs all data that match a given pattern. You can then implement any required operation on the extracted data.

The tPatternExtract extracts from a column all data strings that match a given Java regular expression.

### In this section

* [tPatternExtract Standard properties](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/7.2/data-extraction/tpatternextract-standard-properties)

**Related concepts**

[Extracting only the data that corresponds to a defined pattern from a delimited file](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/7.2/data-extraction/tpatternextract-tfiltercolumns-tfileinputdelimited-tfileoutputdelimited-extracting-only-data-that-corresponds-to-defined-pattern-from-delimited-file-standard-component-enterprise-this)