need help for regex

[Alex Shi]

Hello folks,

I want to retrieve full name, city name, state and country from
following string:
"(Firstname Lastname - Traverse City, MI United States)"

I think maybe a regex can be a solution. However I don't have
much knowledge on it. I need help. Thanks in advance!

Alex Shi

[John Dunlop]

Re: need help for regex

Alex Shi wrote:
[color=blue]
> I want to retrieve full name, city name, state and country from
> following string:
> "(Firstname Lastname - Traverse City, MI United States)"[/color]

No more constraints? What does a state name look like, for example?

preg_match(
'`\((.*) - (.*), ([A-Z]{2}) ([^)]*)\)`sU',
$string,
$array);

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Jock

[Tim Van Wassenhove]

Re: need help for regex

On 2004-03-07, Alex Shi <chpshi@stonix. com> wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello folks,
>
> I want to retrieve full name, city name, state and country from
> following string:
> "(Firstname Lastname - Traverse City, MI United States)"
>
> I think maybe a regex can be a solution. However I don't have
> much knowledge on it. I need help. Thanks in advance![/color]

Have a look at http://be.php.net/manual/en/function.sscanf.php

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[R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah]

Re: need help for regex

"Alex Shi" <chpshi@stonix. com> wrote in message news:<ZPt2c.743 69$oA1.72282@nn tp-post.primus.ca> ...[color=blue]
> Hello folks,
>
> I want to retrieve full name, city name, state and country from
> following string:
> "(Firstname Lastname - Traverse City, MI United States)"
>
> I think maybe a regex can be a solution. However I don't have
> much knowledge on it. I need help. Thanks in advance![/color]

This might help you <http://www.weitz.de/regex-coach/>

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