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Gb
I'm trying to use preg_match to isolate a line of text in a webpage that
has city, state, country.

What I want to do is use preg_match to find that line, which can be in
different places. I am trying to strip some data from some webpages that I
have. So I'm writing a PHP script to do it.

I was hoping to do a preg_match that could find a variable number of
letters followed by a comma, follwed by a space, followed by another
variable number of letters, followed by a comma. Then I know I have the
line I'm looking for.

Any suggestions?
May 20 '06 #1
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How far have you got?

May 21 '06 #2
Gb
"strawberry" <za*******@gmail.com> wrote in news:1148147160.144444.57410
@j73g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
How far have you got?


I think I may have got it.

'/([A-Z a-z]+,\s+[A-Z a-z]+,\s+[A-Z a-z])/'

It seems to work pretty well, though not perfectly. If you have any
comments or improvements, please let me know.

Thanks.

May 21 '06 #3

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