Re: Simple RegEx question

M5 schreef: > I'm learning regular expressions, and trying to figure out what's > possible and what's not. pretty much anything as far as string parsing goes. > Any ideas of how to create a preg_match > expression to parse following three lines: yes. given your intention to learn regexps why not try to come up with one? if you get stuck show us what you have so far ... you don't learn to eat with cutlery by being spoonfed. if you want to parse the whole string in one go you'll want to use preg_match_all() otherwise use preg_match and iterate over each line .. foreach(explode("\n", $data) as $line) { $matches = array(); if (preg_match($line, $regexp, $matches)) { /* do something */ } } > > Calgary, AB T2A6C1 > Toronto, ON T4M 0B0 > Saint John, NB E2L 4L1 > > ...such that it splits each line into City, Province and Postalcode > (irrespective of occasional white space), e.g.: > > Array > ( > [city] => "Calgary", > [prov] => "AB", > [postal] => "T2A 6C1" > ) > > Array > ( > [city] => "Toronto", > [prov] => "ON", > [postal]=> "T4M 0B0" > ) > > Array > ( > [city] => "Saint John", > [prov] => "NB", > [postal]=> "E2L 4L1" > ) >