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| From | "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.php |
| Subject | Re: preg_match() oddities and question |
| Date | 2011-11-22 17:20 -0600 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <slrnjcobhs.85q.hellsop@nibelheim.ninehells.com> (permalink) |
| References | <mr-5B96D1.12212022112011@News.Individual.NET> <1670168.aK4W3vaeNJ@PointedEars.de> <mr-52D11B.13550322112011@News.Individual.NET> <3004614.SPkdTlGXAF@PointedEars.de> <jagm86$kus$1@news.albasani.net> |
On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:30:45 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> Quite right. Is worse than you can possibly iagine at leats here in te
> UK, where addresses can be as little as 2 lines long or up to 6..
>
> So
>
> 10 Wonkers place, LONDON EC3 7QY is a typical TOWN address
>
> Out in the sticks you might get
>
> Apartment 4b, the Old Town House, Shire Lane, Recketts Green, Nr
> Stonehouse, Gloucestershire GL13 6AH
>
>
> And if that comes at you without commas, god help you.
>
> I have spent DAYS taking name/address fields and parsing them *manually*
> into structured tables...
It is at this point that most people that have an actual need to solve
these kinds of problems turn to the available commercial software and
decide to solve it with money instead of manpower.
--
They got rid of it because they judged it more trouble than it was
worth. (And considering they'd gone to great lengths to minimize its
worth, I suppose they were right.)
-- J. D. Baldwin
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preg_match() oddities and question Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2011-11-22 12:21 +0100
Re: preg_match() oddities and question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-22 11:26 +0000
Re: preg_match() oddities and question Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2011-11-22 12:36 +0100
Re: preg_match() oddities and question Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-11-22 07:22 -0500
Re: preg_match() oddities and question tony@mountifield.org (Tony Mountifield) - 2011-11-22 11:47 +0000
Re: preg_match() oddities and question Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2011-11-22 13:12 +0100
Re: preg_match() oddities and question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-22 13:30 +0100
Re: preg_match() oddities and question Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2011-11-22 13:55 +0100
Re: preg_match() oddities and question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-22 17:56 +0100
Re: preg_match() oddities and question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-22 17:30 +0000
Re: preg_match() oddities and question "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2011-11-22 17:20 -0600
Re: preg_match() oddities and question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-22 23:59 +0000
Re: preg_match() oddities and question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-23 01:59 +0100
Re: preg_match() oddities and question Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2011-11-23 09:58 +0100
Re: preg_match() oddities and question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-23 22:02 +0100
Re: preg_match() oddities and question Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2011-11-24 08:20 +0100
Re: preg_match() oddities and question Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2011-11-24 12:55 +0000
Re: preg_match() oddities and question Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2011-11-25 09:36 +0100
Re: preg_match() oddities and question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-24 22:41 +0100
Re: preg_match() oddities and question Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2011-11-25 09:26 +0100
Re: preg_match() oddities and question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-25 15:44 +0100
Re: preg_match() oddities and question Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2011-11-25 16:34 +0100
Re: preg_match() oddities and question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-25 23:23 +0100
Re: preg_match() oddities and question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-23 09:35 +0000
Re: preg_match() oddities and question Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2011-11-23 09:55 +0100
Re: preg_match() oddities and question "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2011-11-23 07:53 -0600
Re: preg_match() oddities and question Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2011-11-23 19:01 +0100
Re: preg_match() oddities and question The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-23 18:54 +0000
Re: preg_match() oddities and question Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2011-11-23 20:23 +0100
Re: preg_match() oddities and question "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2011-11-23 12:58 -0600
Re: preg_match() oddities and question Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2011-11-24 08:28 +0100
SOLVED: Re: preg_match() oddities and question Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2011-11-25 10:32 +0100
Re: SOLVED: Re: preg_match() oddities and question Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2011-11-25 18:55 -0500
Re: SOLVED: Re: preg_match() oddities and question Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2011-11-26 11:21 +0100
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