Posted by Dotan Cohen on 10/06/94 11:29

On 10/16/05, Darvin <phpit@andrioli.com> wrote:
> 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
>

Thanks all for the help on this one! Darvin's pointing out about the ^
was great- I couldn't quite figure that one out. You guys are the
greatest.

Dotan
http://technology-sleuth.com/internet/index.php

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