# Regex numeric range generator

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/regex-numeric-range-generator/43472>\
**Category:** Data\
**Tags:** regex\
**Created:** [July 22, 2020, 4:59am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/regex-numeric-range-generator/43472 "2020-07-22T04:59:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 8:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/regex-numeric-range-generator/43472/2 "2020-07-22T08:26:11Z")

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Can’t you just parse the numbers/dates from the filenames, and filter on them?

An MWE, or at least a list of filenames, would be useful.

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