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Sandman wrote:

> So I have this regexp:
> 
> if (preg_match("/^(.*?)\s*(\d*?)\s*([A-Z,a-z,-]*?)$/", $search, $m)){
>     $streetname = uc_words($m[1]);
>     $streetnumber = trim($m[2]);
>     $streetletter = strtoupper($m[3]);
>     $search = trim($streetname . SPACE . $streetnumber .
> $streetletter);
> }
> 
> The desired result is taki9ng the input ($search) and split it into
> its parts as an address, right? $search can be, for example, "foo
> street 34", "longstreet 45b", "longstreet 45 b" or just "longstreet".

"10 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017, USA".


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