# Generating groc and save it to different variables

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/generating-groc-and-save-it-to-different-variables/59647>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 2, 2016, 10:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/generating-groc-and-save-it-to-different-variables/59647 "2016-09-02T10:22:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![elasticheart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elasticheart/32/65189_2.png) [@elasticheart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticheart)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 10:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/generating-groc-and-save-it-to-different-variables/59647/1 "2016-09-02T10:22:47Z")

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Hi,

I have a data like;

```
<Aug 02, 2016 11:21:05:049 AM> <q1w2e3r4-q1w2-q1w2-1234-q1w2e3r4t5y6-12345678> <qwe_rty_Qwe_rty_Qwerty> <ASDF_ZXCV> <qwerttfdsa> <qazxswedcv> <qwe.rtyuio.Asdfghjk.ZxcvBnmmMNB.asdFGhjklOs> <aytecftCgfien>
 <QAZXSW: qaz.xswedc.xswedcvfr: Sample string: sample
	sample data 1
	sample data 2
	sample data 3
>

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the data is in tags. first tag is "timestamp" second is "taga", third is "tagb" etc. How can I create a groc pattern like, first tag data into timestamp, second into "taga" etc?

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/generating-groc-and-save-it-to-different-variables/59647/2 "2016-09-03T19:46:15Z")

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Each token can be matched with `<(?<tagX>[^>]*)>`, i.e. "capture into field tagX all characters between \< and \>".

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/generating-groc-and-save-it-to-different-variables/59647/3 "2017-07-06T04:40:02Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 4:40am UTC