Edit : this answer referred to OP's first question, and it actually still answers is second :-p
Use boundaries, such as \b. \bwent\b would match went.
Vincent Savard
2010-10-30 23:15:30
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This would match all capitalised words:
/\b([A-Z][a-z]+)\b/
Or just the word 'Dublin':
/\bDublin\b/
Ashley Williams
2010-10-30 23:25:38
good thinking but that's going to match Ireland too wouldn't it?
James Eggers
2010-10-30 23:26:58
Oh, you just want to match *'Dublin'*? Sorry, I thought that was just an example; this will work: /\bDublin\b/
Ashley Williams
2010-10-30 23:29:01
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In some languages you can use () to specify a selection and then reference the first selection with $1 or 1.
vurte
2010-10-30 23:27:18
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This should match ever instance of Dublin in your sample, but you will have to look at the match groups because it would also capture the I in DublinIreland.
/(\bDublin)(\b|[A-Z])/g
mikerobi
2010-10-30 23:35:37