Regex for matching a word followed by digits plus :

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Re: Regex for matching a word followed by digits plus : by ikegami (Patriarch) on Feb 20, 2011 at 06:15 UTC
It fails to match because the pattern isn't found in those strings. If "OUTPUT" indicates the output you desire, the pattern should be `/-\s(\w+)[.0-9]*\s:/` [download] or just `/-\s(\w+)/` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Regex for matching a word followed by digits plus : by happy.barney (Friar) on Feb 20, 2011 at 08:39 UTC
`/-\b(\S+)\b\s:/` ?	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Regex for matching a word followed by digits plus : by ikegami (Patriarch) on Feb 20, 2011 at 20:45 UTC
That would not produce the provided output.	[reply]
Re^4: Regex for matching a word followed by digits plus : by happy.barney (Friar) on Feb 22, 2011 at 05:36 UTC
Re^5: Regex for matching a word followed by digits plus : by ikegami (Patriarch) on Feb 22, 2011 at 07:27 UTC
Re: Regex for matching a word followed by digits plus : by Anonymous Monk on Feb 20, 2011 at 06:13 UTC
well, for starters, its not matching a word followed by digit plus Also, how is this different from the problem from december?	[reply]
Re: Regex for matching a word followed by digits plus : by JavaFan (Canon) on Feb 20, 2011 at 11:35 UTC
I find it really hard to believe that's the output you're getting giving the stated input and regexp. Considering each line has just a single colon, I expect the output to be: `3_ 0` [download] If the output given is the wished output, then the answer is: there's more than just a digit and a whitespace character between your "word" and the colon. In the first line, there's `".00.00.3_3 "`, the second line has `".00.04.00 "`. None of them are completely matched by `/[0-9]\s/`. They are matched by `/\.[0-9]{2}\.[0-9]{2}\.(?:[0-9]_[0-9]\|[0-9]{2})\s/`, or a billion other patterns.	[reply] [d/l] [select]