Hi all,
I am wondering , how would i match the words "SAN JOSE" in a string "I love SAN JOSE but JOSE does not like it " so in essence i do not want the the word Jose to be matched but SAN JOSE should be matched together.
any ideas . thanks
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A:
You don't need regular expressions in this case. You didn't specify a language, but most of them support basic string matching. Just search for 'san jose' in case-insensitive mode.
NullUserException
2010-08-08 01:27:10
No, he doesn't need to.
zneak
2010-08-08 01:28:29
Asker specified that "SAN JOSE" be matched. With the look-ahead, it would only match "SAN".
jdmichal
2010-08-08 01:32:17
He says "i do not want the the word Jose to be matched but SAN JOSE should be matched together." It's exactly what look-ahead assertions are for.
Kolo32
2010-08-08 01:33:38
Hrm. I see where that could be confused. Removed the down-vote, though I personally think that he means for the pair to be matched, but not "JOSE" alone. The question title and the first sentence seem to make that clear.
jdmichal
2010-08-08 01:37:14
so i did try what kolo32 suggested and surprisingly the match found is only SAN out of SAN JOSE . I am using php and jdmichal's both comment is right . i want both the words to be matched for the regular expression
SANJAY RAO
2010-08-10 00:46:36