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Juan Javier Triff Cabanas
Juan Javier Triff Cabanas

Reputation: 564

Regex that matches only when whole pattern is found

I have this text:

arnaldo felix toro calzadilla tomo 133 l 002353 p 119 numero 119

and using this regex: t[^\s]{0,4} (\d*)\s* to find the string tomo 133, that matches the whole pattern.

Instead I'm getting 2 matches:

I want to match only the second one.

As you can see is not multiline, anchor or case-sensitive problem. Anchors don't solve the problem 'cause i'm not dealing with whole lines inputs.

I'm using PHP7, using preg_match_all(), but preg_match() don't make a difference.

Save the expression here in case you want to play with it https://regex101.com/r/aRxqvI/1.

Thanks for your time

Upvotes: 2

Views: 77

Answers (1)

AbraCadaver
AbraCadaver

Reputation: 78994

\d* matches a digit character 0 or more times (so optional) because of the *. You want + for 1 or more times: \d+

Upvotes: 1

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