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Need assistance with REGEX statement

How do I grab just "AIRFONIX AFX-19AR050" from this statement? (I have multiple statements structured the same way) Basically, I need everything before the Upper and Lower Case text starts 'Active 50W Mono/25+25W Stereo'.

AIRFONIX AFX-19AR050 Active 50W Mono/25+25W Stereo

(Brand and Stock Number followed by description)

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print "AIRFONIX AFX-19AR050 Active 50W Mono/25+25W Stereo" =~ /^([^a-z]*)\b/

lawrence_dev

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THANKS!! How do I preg match an existing variable with your regex: ($title is the existing variable)

preg_match('%^([^a-z]*)\b%',$title,$matches51);

$BrandMPN=$matches51[1];

echo "BrandMPN:&nbsp;&nbsp;".$BrandMPN."<BR>";

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Ray Paseur

From the look of this and your other recent questions it appears that you're trying to scrape product information from an eCommerce web site. There are many well-understood design patterns that can help. If you want to show us a link to the page you're trying to scrape, or at least a few samples of the "multiple statements structured the same way" E-E may be able to help you make very rapid progress toward your goal.

lawrence_dev

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Worked great! Thanks for the help!

Ray Paseur

For anyone coming upon this question in the future, please be aware that the regular expression used as a solution here says, in essence, "match the absence of the lower-case characters up to the first word boundary." One good learning resource for regular expressions is available here:
http://www.regular-expressions.info/tutorial.html