i suppose u'r doing it on perl?
how about something like this one
#!/path/to/perl
$text="This is a TXT123 and TXT123-123 and this is a TXT123-123GT";
@xxx=split(' ', $text);
foreach $el (@axxx) {
if ($el =~
/[A-Z]+[0-9]+[\-0-9]+[^A-Z]+/ && $' !~ /[A-Z]/) {
print $el." matched\n";
}
}
--- On Thu, 6/12/08, Noli Rafallo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Noli Rafallo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [plug] Regex Help
To: "'Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List'"
<[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, June 12, 2008, 2:34 PM
I guess I haven't stated my question clearly, my fault. Though your sample
pattern matches both sample expression, it also matches expression such as
ABC123-123asdf. I still learned something though from the sample in addition
to the book I am reading.
Thank you Sir.
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Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 1:31 PM
To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List
Subject: Re: [plug] Regex Help
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Noli Rafallo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I am trying to create a single regular expression that will match texts
like
> ABC123 or ABC12-12. I have this (^[a-z]{1,3}[0-9]{1,3}$) which works with
> the first text but I don't know yet how to handle the second text with
a
> dash in it.
How about '^[A-Z]{1,3}[\-0-9]+'?
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