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Trying to Exclude Zip Code from Address String with Reg ex

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Posted on by Steve48 431

Trying to exclude zips of the form ##### or #####-####

 am not getting an error but I am not getting a match result

The string is of the form: 111 SomeStreet 33124

I tested the regex Im using in a regex test site and it didn't work. The regex Im using: 

^.*(?<!\d{5}(-\d{4})?)$

 

 

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  • CU31080729-3 Profile Picture
    CU31080729-3 502 Moderator on at

    Hi

    111 SomeStreet 33124 this text to parse right ? and what output you need ?

    have tried or test your regular expression on regex website , can it work there.

     

    thanks

    chetan ninghot

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    Agnius Bartninkas Profile Picture
    Agnius Bartninkas Most Valuable Professional on at

    If you want to exclude something from a text, a better way to do it is to use Replace text with regex on the input and replace the pattern with an empty string. If you want to exclude a zip code, use \d{5}(-\d{4})?  and replace it with %""% (which represents an empty string in PAD).

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  • Steve48 Profile Picture
    Steve48 431 on at

    Simple and elegant. I didnt realize I could use a regexin the text to find field

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