Posted by Darvin on 10/17/90 11:29

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> I have a list like this:
> 235 Some info
> 12323 other 5 things
> No number on this line!
> 43 something or other
>
> I need to remove the first number from each line, so that I will get this:
> Some info
> other 5 things
> No number on this line!
> something or other
>
> So I tried:
> $data=preg_replace("//n[ ]*[0-9][ ]*/", "", $data);
>
> That is (I think): any amount of spaces, followed by any number,
> followed by any amount of spaces. This doesn't seem to be the way to
> do it. Anybody have a better idea? Thanks.
>
> Dotan
> http://technology-sleuth.com

Try
preg_replace("/^[ ]*[0-9]+[ ]*/", "", $data);

It means: from the beginning of $data looks for space (if any), then
almost one number followed by space (if any).

If you don't use ^ you may remove the number 5 'from other 5 things'

Darvin

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