Posted by Alan on 07/21/07 09:55

"Noozer" <dont.spam@me.here> wrote in message
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> Trying to parse some strings .... My sample strings:
>
> Bob 1/0/X0 134 128 1 5 Data
> A comment line
> Bob 1/0/X2 84 82 25 0 COMPARTMENT1-3
> Bob 1/0/X1 1710 167 0 4 123 N/A
> Bob 11/0/X3 84 7 0 6 Data
>
> I'm trying to identify any string that starts with "Bob", then a space,
> then a digit OR a space, then #/#/X#, three spaces, a 1 to 4 digit number,
> some spaces, a 1 to 4 digit number, some spaces, a 1 to 4 digit number,
> some spaces, a 1 to 4 digit number, some spaces, some alpha characters.
>
> In my sample, the first, third and fifth strings would test positive.

preg_match('%^Bob\s+\d{1,2}/\d/X\d\s+\d{1,4}\s+\d{1,4}\s+\d{1,4}\s+\d{1,4}\s+[a-z]+.+%ix',$exstr);

I think previous reply may also match your example 4

hth
Alan

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