RE: [PHP] regex

Bolgrihn Michael 555-5566 142 Hillyer St Oxford Bollenbach Gary V 555-5078 315 Freedom Rd Oxford Bonaguidi Daniel 555-5155 N4663 10th Av Montello Bonnett Agatha & John 555-5363 547 Fawn Ct Oxford Bonnett Bernard & Norma 555-4360 116 E Ormsby St Oxford Bonnett Bob & Eleanor 555-5627 527 Fern Av Oxford Here is a sample from the listing there are numbers in the address as well. $NewString = ereg_replace("([[:alpha:]]+) ", "\\1".",", $test); that works to an extent, except that it adds the comma after every word that is followed by one space and not just the first occurance Jerry Lake -----Original Message----- From: Cynic [mailto:cynic@mail.cz] Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 3:41 PM To: Jerry Lake; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: RE: [PHP] regex looks like you need to find all the spaces _before_ the _first_ digit on the row, and _after_ the _last_ digit on the row. does that fit your data? are there no other numbers than the telephone ones? At 00:29 13.1. 2001, Jerry Lake wrote the following: -------------------------------------------------------------- >I have a small phone directory >bust the name listings are combined >for example >Schwartz Bob & Amelia 555-1212 Oxford >Scirkin Bill 555-1213 Brooks > >I need to add a tab or a comma after the >lastname so I can have as a separate field >when I dump it into MySQL and there is about >3500 records and I'd hate to have to do it by hand >any ideas? > >Jerry Lake - jerryl@-remove-europa.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: Cynic [mailto:cynic@mail.cz] >Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 3:25 PM >To: Jerry Lake; php-general@lists.php.net >Subject: RE: [PHP] regex > > >depends. is the set of strings preceeding the space limited >and known, or is it something like [^abc]{3,12} ? > > >At 00:13 13.1. 2001, Jerry Lake wrote the following: >-------------------------------------------------------------- >>and how would I go about that? >> >>Jerry Lake >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Cynic [mailto:cynic@mail.cz] >>Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 3:10 PM >>To: Jerry Lake; php-general@lists.php.net >>Subject: Re: [PHP] regex >> >> >>yes >> >>At 23:54 12.1. 2001, Jerry Lake wrote the following: >>-------------------------------------------------------------- >>>is it possible with regex to >>>change one or more text characters >>>followed by a space into the same >>>characters followed by a tab? >>> >>>Jerry Lake >>> >>> >>>-- >>>PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >>>For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >>>To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >>------end of quote------ >> >> >> >>____________________________________________________________ >>Cynic: >> >>A member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who taught >>that virtue constitutes happiness and that self control is >>the essential part of virtue. >> >>cynic@mail.cz >> >> >> >> >>-- >>PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >>For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >>To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >------end of quote------ > > > >____________________________________________________________ >Cynic: > >A member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who taught >that virtue constitutes happiness and that self control is >the essential part of virtue. > >cynic@mail.cz > > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net ------end of quote------ ____________________________________________________________ Cynic: A member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who taught that virtue constitutes happiness and that self control is the essential part of virtue. cynic@mail.cz