$vector=split( " ", $string, );
$City=$vector[0];
$State=$vector[1];
$Zip=$vector[2]:

This will not work because there cases where the city name have more than 1
word

you must get from end-to-begining

i can't think about it now, but it's a tip anyway


> $vector=split( " ", $string, );
>
>
> $City=$vector[0];
> $State=$vector[1];
> $Zip=$vector[2]:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Matt Matijevich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "<" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 5:11 PM
> Subject: [PHP] String parsing help
>
>
> > I have have a string that I need to split into 3 different variables:
> > City,State, and Zip.  Here is a couple examples of the strings I need to
> > parse:
> >
> > ANCHORAGE  AK  99507-6420
> > JUNEAU  AK  99801
> > NORTH LITTLE ROCK  AR  72118-5227
> >
> > Does anyone have an idea how I could slit this into the appropriate
> > variables, maybe some kind of regular expression?  I cant use the space
> > character to split the data because some of the city names have spaces
> > in them.
> >
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