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PCRE (PHP <7.3)

/
\A\s* (?: ######################################################################### # Matches against Australian postal addresses # [<floor> <number>] # [<unit type>] [<unit>] <house number> <street name> <street type> # [<anything trailing> ######################################################################### (?:(?P<c_level_type>level|lvl|floor|flr)\s*(?P<c_level_number>\w+),?\s*)? # Level (floor, etc) \s*,?\s* # Optional comma (?:(?P<c_unit_type>[[:alpha:]][\w-']*)?\s*)? # Type (suite, unit, etc) (?:(?P<c_unit_number>[\w\.]*(?!\d))\s*[,\/]*\s*)? # Unit (?P<c_house_number>\pN+[[:alpha:]]?(?:\s*[-\/\pP]\s*\pN+[[:alpha:]]?)*) # House number \s*,?\s* # Optional comma (?P<c_street_name>[\w-\s]*?) # Street name \s+ \b(?P<c_street_type>fire\s*track|right\s*of\s*way|service\s*way|shopping\s*centre|state\s*highway|\w{2,})\b # Street type (?:\s*\R+(?P<c_trailing>.+))? # Trailing data not captured ) \s*\Z
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Description

This will parse the street part of an Australian address and separate it's parts.

It will handle addresses with a level, the word 'unit' or 'suite' unit number street number and the type of street (eg Ave, Dr, etc)

Based on https://regex101.com/r/vO5fY7/5

Submitted by Ian Heggaton pixelated.com.au - 8 years ago