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need help for a regex. thanks a lot!

The pattern is required as:

"Item purchased: [text, can be many workds] (Item #[at least 10 digits
number])"

Here is an example:

"Item purchased: Intel Pentium IV 3G CPU (Item #23467893452)"
Thanks in advance!

Alex

Jul 17 '05 #1
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$string = "Item purchased: Intel Pentium IV 3G CPU (Item #23467893452)";
if (preg_match("/Item purchased: ([\w\s]+) \(Item
#(\d{10,})\)/",$string,$array)) {
print "<pre>";
print_r($array);
print "</pre>";
}

"Alex Shi" <ch****@stonix.com> wrote in message
news:ny******************@nntp-post.primus.ca...
The pattern is required as:

"Item purchased: [text, can be many workds] (Item #[at least 10 digits
number])"

Here is an example:

"Item purchased: Intel Pentium IV 3G CPU (Item #23467893452)"
Thanks in advance!

Alex

Jul 17 '05 #2
Thanks!
$string = "Item purchased: Intel Pentium IV 3G CPU (Item #23467893452)";
if (preg_match("/Item purchased: ([\w\s]+) \(Item
#(\d{10,})\)/",$string,$array)) {
print "<pre>";
print_r($array);
print "</pre>";
}

"Alex Shi" <ch****@stonix.com> wrote in message
news:ny******************@nntp-post.primus.ca...
The pattern is required as:

"Item purchased: [text, can be many workds] (Item #[at least 10 digits
number])"

Here is an example:

"Item purchased: Intel Pentium IV 3G CPU (Item #23467893452)"
Thanks in advance!

Alex


Jul 17 '05 #3

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