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Oleg Sh
Oleg Sh

Reputation: 9013

Regex to get words by some patterns

I have an array of strings:

"Turn <b>left</b> onto <b>Capitol Ave SW</b>"
"Head <b>east</b> toward <b>Browder St</b>"
"Merge onto <b>I-20 E</b><div style=\"font-size:0.9em\">Passing through Louisiana</div><div style=\"font-size:0.9em\">Entering Mississippi</div>"   string
"Keep <b>right</b> at the fork to continue on <b>I-20 E</b>/<b>US 49 S</b>, follow signs for <b>Hattiesburg</b>/<b>Meridian</b><div style=\"font-size:0.9em\">Continue to follow I-20 E</div><div style=\"font-size:0.9em\">Entering Alabama</div>"
"Merge onto <b>I-20 E</b><div style=\"font-size:0.9em\">Passing through Georgia, South Carolina</div>"

I need to get substrings "Passing through X, Y" and "Entering Z". So, I need to get all states :)

UPDATED:

This pattern works:

Passing though [A-Za-z, ]+

https://www.regex101.com/r/FL2eyO/2

Upvotes: 1

Views: 30

Answers (1)

anubhava
anubhava

Reputation: 785108

Translating my comment into an answer.

Following regex should work for you:

\b(?:Passing thr?ough|Entering) ([A-Za-z, ]+)

Problem was missing space before city name and no quantifier in your city name pattern.

Upvotes: 1

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