----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Atkins

On Feb 28, 2014, at 2:43 PM, George Weaver <gwea...@shaw.ca> wrote:

>Maybe this?

>select regexp_replace('300 North 126th Street', '(\d+)(?:st|nd|rd|th)',
>'\1', 'gi');

Hi Steve,

Thanks, but no luck:

select regexp_replace('300 North 126th Street', E'(\d+)(?:st|nd|rd|th)',
E'\1', 'gi');
     regexp_replace
------------------------
 300 North 126th Street

George

Those E’s you added completely change the meaning. If you want to
use E-style literals (and you probably don’t) you’ll need to double the
backslashes in all the strings.

Hi Steve,

Without the E's:

development=# select regexp_replace('300 North 126th Street', '(\d+)(?:st|nd|rd|th)', '\1', 'gi');
WARNING:  nonstandard use of escape in a string literal
LINE 1: select regexp_replace('300 North 126th Street', '(\d+)(?:st|...
                                                       ^
HINT:  Use the escape string syntax for escapes, e.g., E'\r\n'.
WARNING:  nonstandard use of escape in a string literal
LINE 1: ...'300 North 126th Street', '(\d+)(?:st|nd|rd|th)', '\1', 'gi'...
                                                            ^
HINT:  Use the escape string syntax for escapes, e.g., E'\r\n'.
    regexp_replace
------------------------
300 North 126th Street
(1 row)

Frustrating...

Cheers,
> Steve



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