Folks need quick help I am bad with regex I have a bunch of kotlinlang #getting-started

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Mani

11/21/2019, 7:22 PM

Folks, need quick help. I am bad with regex. I have a bunch of strings like this

Ivy Gourd- 2 kg fav_variety : Fresh fav_quantity : 2 kg pcp_packaging_type : Loose packing fav_unit_of_measurement : Per kg fav_average_weight : 2 kg is_assortment : false num_items_assortment : 0 length_mm : 250 breadth_mm : 180 height_mm : 120 dead_weight```

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Andy Gibel

11/21/2019, 7:25 PM

off the top of my head -

(.*)- [0-9]

?

oh wait you need the unit and number too

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Mani

11/21/2019, 7:26 PM

yep

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Ruckus

11/21/2019, 7:26 PM

Why are you using regex? Why not just use

string.subString(0, string.indexOf("fav-variety"))

?

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Mani

11/21/2019, 7:27 PM

thats a good one, lemme check

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Andy Gibel

11/21/2019, 7:27 PM

(.*- [0-9]{1} [a-z]{2})

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Mani

11/21/2019, 7:27 PM

@Andy Gibel that works for this example, rest can have different names and diff numbers

however

fav_variety

string is guranteed

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Andy Gibel

11/21/2019, 7:28 PM

This works for any names, it just assumes first number is single digit and unit is 2 characters

oh the dash is not special - it's part of the first name?

then yeah I guess split on

fav_variety

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Mani

11/21/2019, 7:32 PM

Thanks folks, it worked 🙂

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