in reply to Re^2: Simple regular expression problem in thread Simple regular expression problem
The OP didn't make it clear whether the string before the number could contain digits. However, it's certainly better to be specific in a regex: if you know (for some value of 'know') something will only contain [A-Za-z], not \w, then the former is probably preferable. On the other hand, [A-Za-z] too often it means "I cannot think of any other letters", and then your script barfs on something perfectly valid, but unexpected, like "Ångström".
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