# Regex named groups

**URL:** https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/regex-named-groups/1864
**Category:** Libraries
**Created:** [July 13, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/regex-named-groups/1864 "2016-07-13T14:39:18Z")
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### Author: ![raderio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@raderio](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/raderio)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/regex-named-groups/1864/1 "2016-07-13T14:39:18Z")

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How to extract value by name from

> Regex(“”“(?\<age\>[0-9]+)”“”)

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### Author: ![yole](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.kotlinlang.org/yole/32/1425_2.png) [@yole](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/yole)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/regex-named-groups/1864/2 "2016-07-13T15:01:09Z")

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This will be supported in Kotlin 1.1. [https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-12753](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-12753)