How do i use regular expressions effectively for parsing my text?

Hello,

I am currently using regular expressions for parsing my text. The pattern is:

pattern = 'red(dy|dish)?'

regexp(text,pattern,'match')

the answer is reddy, reddish, red. However the pattern recognizes red in words like predominantly , predetermined etc. I do not want this to happen. I want the regular expressions to only return words which describe color red (example red, reddy, reddish). How do i change my pattern or regular expression accordingly? Any help in this regard would be highly appreciated.

Thanks, Phani

Answer 1

[Andrei Bobrov]

try:

pattern = '\<red(dy|dish)?\s'

ADD

pattern = '\<red(d)?(y|ish)?\>'

Answer 2

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

text='red   redy predominant red ade redish   red  vrd redishh'
pattern='(?<=\s)red(y|ish)?(?!\S)'
regexp([' ' text],pattern,'match')

Answer 3

[Phanichin]

Thank you Andrei and Azzi. Both the solutions are working. I cannot distinguish between these two though.

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

They are different solutions and giving different results

[Phanichin]

Hello Azzi,

Yes they are different. I tried it just now. Your solution is better. However i am having a problem. When i have text like

text = 'red, redish redy' pattern='(?<=\s)red(y|ish)?(?!\S)' regexp([' ' text],pattern,'match')

the output is only 'redish' 'redy' there is no red in the output. This is the case when the text = 'redish, red redy' . The output in this case is 'red' 'redy' there is no redish. How do i resolve this?

Regards, Phani

Answer 4

[Phanichin]

Hello Azzi,

Yes they are different. I tried it just now. Your solution is better. However i am having a problem. When i have text like

text = 'red, redish redy' pattern='(?<=\s)red(y|ish)?(?!\S)' regexp([' ' text],pattern,'match')

the output is only 'redish' 'redy' there is no red in the output. This is the case when the text = 'redish, red redy' . The output in this case is 'red' 'redy' there is no redish. How do i resolve this?

Regards, Phani

[Andrei Bobrov]

Please see ADD part in my answer.