Hi, all - Esteemed codegrokkers, I need to create a regex which will parse either

      xyz = 'some     long   exp'

or

      xyz = some long exp with no more than one space separating parts

from a long string containing multiple examples of this.

TIA for your assistance! :D UPDATE: example as requested:

drsubc  = agauss(0, 1, 3)   delm1   = '0 + 0.045u*distm1'               delm2   = '0 + 0.07u*distm2'        delm3   = '0 + 0.07u*distm3'                delm4   = '0 + 0.07u*distm4'                delmt   = '0 + 0.07u*distmt'                delml   = '0.16u + 0.43u*distml'            delam   = '0.32u + 0.86u*distam'            dele1   = '0 + 0.25u*diste1'                dele2   = '0 + 0.25u*diste2'                delma   = '0.16u + 0.6u*distma'             pmsxt   = 'npmsxt + 12.5u*dpmsxt'           tih     = 0.35u                capct   = '0.50u + 0.13u*xdcapct'           capcti  = '0.55u + 0.13u*xdcapct'           m1t     = '0.41u + 0.05u*xdm1t'    m1ti    = '0.36u + 0.05u*xdm1t'             m2t     = '0.48u + 0.057u*dm2t'             m3t     = '0.48u + 0.057u*dm3t'             m4t     = '0.48u + 0.057u*dm4t'             mtt     = '0.48u + 0.057u*dmtt'             qtt     = '0.242u + 0.0202u*dqtt'           htt     = '0.242u + 0.0202u*dhtt'           mlt     = '2.0u + 0.2u*dmlt'                amt     = '4.0u + 0.4u*damt'                e1t     = '3.0u + 0.5u*de1t'            e2t     = '4.0u + 0.5u*xde1mat'             mat     = '4.0u + 0.4u*dmat'                m1m2t   = '0.35u + 0.05u*dm1m2t'

The goal is to separate out all the parameters (or function definitions) and their value expressions.

In reply to how to find what's not there with a regex? by samizdat

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