confused by this simple regular expressions behaviour

[Adam Akhtar]

why does this regexpression match

\w+\d+

match 68 in this

"1/8 Fender '68 TELECASTER Miniature(Pink Paisley)[RARE]",

ive told it to at least match one letter before it matches any
numbers???

(i dont actually want it to match anything with this sentance).

 

[Stefano Crocco]

why does this regexpression match

\w+\d+

match 68 in this

"1/8 Fender '68 TELECASTER Miniature(Pink Paisley)[RARE]",

ive told it to at least match one letter before it matches any
numbers???

(i dont actually want it to match anything with this sentance).

It's because \w stands for [a-zA-Z0-9], that is an uppercase letter or a
lowercase letter or a digit. To achieve what you want you need this:

/[a-zA-Z]+\d+/

Stefano

 

[Mateusz Tybura]

why does this regexpression match

\w+\d+

match 68 in this

"1/8 Fender '68 TELECASTER Miniature(Pink Paisley)[RARE]",

ive told it to at least match one letter before it matches any
numbers???

(i dont actually want it to match anything with this sentance).

It matchs on rubular (rubular.com) see:
http://www.rubular.com/regexes/946

 

[Adam Akhtar]

hey stefano thanks for pointing that out...cant believe i missed that
one.

isnt there a shorthand version for just letters or do you have to always
write out [a-zA-Z]???

 

[Adam Akhtar]

Thanks Mateusz as well!

 

[Stefano Crocco]

hey stefano thanks for pointing that out...cant believe i missed that
one.

isnt there a shorthand version for just letters or do you have to always
write out [a-zA-Z]???

As far as I know, there's not such shortcut.

Stefano

 

[Peña, Botp]

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[David A. Black]

Hi --

why does this regexpression match

\w+\d+

match 68 in this

"1/8 Fender '68 TELECASTER Miniature(Pink Paisley)[RARE]",

ive told it to at least match one letter before it matches any
numbers???

(i dont actually want it to match anything with this sentance).

It's because \w stands for [a-zA-Z0-9], that is an uppercase letter or a
lowercase letter or a digit.

And also underscore.


David