Regular expression

[Aspiration]

Hi,

What is the meaning of below regular expression which is used in Match Regular Expression function

(\w+)\s+\(part number (\d)\):\r\n((\s{5}.*\r\n)+)

Thanks

[jcarmody]

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(\w+)\s+\(part number (\d)\):\r\n((\s{5}.*\r\n)+)

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It looks like it's looking for text before a part number and the part number itself (although only one digit?).  Do you have the text this is searching?

http://www.regular-expressions.info/reference.html is my favorite place to learn about Regular Expressions.

(\w+) = find one or more word character(s) and store the result for later

\s+ = find one or more spaces

\( = find a literal opening parenthesis

part number  = find the literal string "part number "

(\d) = find a digit and store the result for later

\):\r\n = find a literal closing parenthesis followed by a colon, carriage return and line feed

( = begins a group which ends with the ) at the end of your regexp

(\s{5}.*\r\n) = find five white spaces followed by any character repeated until a carriage return and line feed

+ = find one or more of the above...

word character = letter, digit or underscore

white space = spaces, tabs, and line breaks

[Aspiration]

No.. I dont have input string... Thanks for input..

[jcarmody · Accepted solution]

This is what I imagine:

[Aspiration]

Thanks jcarmody