On Friday, November 1, 2013 5:33:43 PM UTC-4, Captain Dunsel wrote: > I have a text file that has lines with numbers occasionally appearing right > before a person's name. For example: > > > > COLLEGE:ENROLLMENT:COMPLETED EVALUATIONS:624309FUDD, ELMER > > > > where I want to search for the name "ELMER FUDD" and extract the number right > in front of it "608309" when such a number appears but the length of the > number is variable and using ?<= in a regular expression will only search for > a fixed length. > > > > Any ideas appreciated!
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