Need regexp help

[sensalim]

I need a regexp that grabs street name (first word only) ignoring the street number.

Examples:

123 Fake St --> "Fake"

456 Main Ave --> "Main"

Alta Vista Blvd --> "Alta"

A street Name --> "A"

Thanks.

Edited August 11, 2008 by sensalim

[Szhlopp]

I need a regexp that grabs street name (first word only) ignoring the street number.

Examples:

123 Fake St --> "Fake"

456 Main Ave --> "Main"

Alta Vista Blvd --> "Alta"

A street Name --> "A"

Thanks.

(?i)[a-z]*\s|[0-9] (.*\s|.*)

Edited August 11, 2008 by Szhlopp

[sensalim]

Thanks but I changed the criteria...

Here's the new one.

starts with any number or not...

then after that, anything.

I came up with this but it's not perfect...

[\s]*[^0-9]+[0-9]*

This will do except this string "39 main 2 ave"

the " ave" is not included in the first match set... and I need it to.

Any help?

Thanks.

Edit:

This might do it.

[\s]*[^0-9]+.*

What do you think?

Btw I use this website http://gskinner.com/RegExr/ to test

Edited August 12, 2008 by sensalim

[Szhlopp]

Thanks but I changed the criteria...

Here's the new one.

starts with any number or not...

then after that, anything.

I came up with this but it's not perfect...

[\s]*[^0-9]+[0-9]*

This will do except this string "39 main 2 ave"

the " ave" is not included in the first match set... and I need it to.

Any help?

Thanks.

Edit:

This might do it.

[\s]*[^0-9]+.*

What do you think?

Btw I use this website http://gskinner.com/RegExr/ to test

Give me 4 cases like you did in the original post. All cases being somewhat different in how they are typed. And with each case, what you want returned

[sensalim]

"123 main st" --> " main st"

"main dr." --> "main dr."

"440 N Claude Blvd" --> " N Claude Blvd"

"??S??" --> "??S??"

"POBox811" --> "POBox811"

"P.O. Box 555" --> "P. O. Box 555"

"39 C o r d 2 ave" --> " C o r d 2 ave"

"2605S.Reith Ln" --> "S.Reith Ln"

"123 P,O, Box 456" --> " P, O, Box 456"

"789P OBox000" --> "P OBox 000"

[Szhlopp]

"123 main st" --> " main st"

"main dr." --> "main dr."

"440 N Claude Blvd" --> " N Claude Blvd"

"??S??" --> "??S??"

"POBox811" --> "POBox811"

"P.O. Box 555" --> "P. O. Box 555"

"39 C o r d 2 ave" --> " C o r d 2 ave"

"2605S.Reith Ln" --> "S.Reith Ln"

"123 P,O, Box 456" --> " P, O, Box 456"

"789P OBox000" --> "P OBox 000"

([0-9]*)?\s?(.*)

Element 1 is the key=)

Or simpler

[^0-9].*

Edited August 12, 2008 by Szhlopp

[sensalim]

Yes thanks.