Re: Regex Help!

The following two regexes transform the given names into the given outputs.

s/[^[:alpha:]]+Morrisville.*//;
s/ *$//;
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The first one removes Morrisville and the following together with any non-alpha~~numeric~~betic characters preceding it provided such characters exist. The second one removes the space at the end of the first name.

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Re^2: Regex Help! by hdb (Monsignor) on Apr 18, 2013 at 07:36 UTC
Why does it remove the standalone - but not the hyphen in Jones-Ingram?	[reply]
Re^3: Regex Help! by choroba (Cardinal) on Apr 18, 2013 at 08:09 UTC
I beg your pardon? It removes the - because it is not alphabetic and is followed by the location. The hyphen in Jones-Ingram is not followed by the location. لսႽ† ᥲᥒ⚪⟊Ⴙᘓᖇ Ꮅᘓᖇ⎱ Ⴙᥲ𝇋ƙᘓᖇ	[reply]
Re^4: Regex Help! by hdb (Monsignor) on Apr 18, 2013 at 08:16 UTC
Yes. Thank you. Now I understand. I was on a completely wrong track of thinking.	[reply]