Pierce Reed
Reputation: 235
Why does this regex fail on the last text input containing punctuation characters?
As demonstrated here:
http://jsfiddle.net/beardedgrandma/x8fy9/
this regex:
/([\w .]*)[~]([\w .]*)(\(|Release Date)/
fails on this text input:
<div>Watergate Files: Bernstein & Woodward ~ Alastair Campbell (Author) (19)Release Date: Decemb</div>
Presumably this is because of the punctuation in the title:
Watergate Files: Bernstein & Woodward
How to correct this?
Upvotes: 1
Views: 72
Answers (1)
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