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xelawho · 01-31-2013, 08:23 PM

Here's the thing: Lets say the string is this:
"The dog jumped over the moon. He was happy to see me. I left in a hurry"

and the word is "happy"

in that case, all I want is
"He was happy to see me."

If it's
"was happy to see me. I left in a hurry"

all I want is
"was happy to see me."

If it's
"The dog jumped over the moon. He was happy to see"

all I want is:
"He was happy to see"

splitting it on the punctuation is probably the safest way, but then I have to loop through the array to find out which split is the one that I want. Which is why regex seems to be the answer...

01-31-2013, 08:23 PM	PM User \| #8
xelawho Senior Coder Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 2,461 Thanks: 52 Thanked 457 Times in 455 Posts	Here's the thing: Lets say the string is this: "The dog jumped over the moon. He was happy to see me. I left in a hurry" and the word is "happy" in that case, all I want is "He was happy to see me." If it's "was happy to see me. I left in a hurry" all I want is "was happy to see me." If it's "The dog jumped over the moon. He was happy to see" all I want is: "He was happy to see" splitting it on the punctuation is probably the safest way, but then I have to loop through the array to find out which split is the one that I want. Which is why regex seems to be the answer...