Regular Expressions 101

Community Patterns

MAR

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Regular Expression
PCRE2 (PHP >=7.3)

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^(?<an>[A-Z]{1,2}\d{10,11})\s+\b(?<pn>[\w\-' ,\.]+?) (?<loc>\b[A-Z1-9][A-Z0-9\-–—]+) (?<rm>\b\w+ )?(?<bd>\b\w+ )?(?i:Primary Dx)
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gm

Description

V12345678910 last, first MI D-321 D123 1 Primary Dx V12345678910 last, first I D-321 D123 1 Primary Dx V12345678910 last, first I Jr. D-321 D123 1 Primary Dx V12345678910 last, first I III D-321 D123 1 Primary Dx V12345678910 last, first I Jr. D-321 D123 1 Primary Dx V12345678910 last, first-first2 D-321 D123 Primary Dx V12345678910 l'astlast2, first MI D-321 D123 Primary Dx V12345678910 last, first II D-321 D123 1 Primary Dx V12345678910 last-last2, first-first2 321 D123 1 Primary Dx V12345678910 last-last2, first-first2 I D-321 D123 1 Primary Dx V12345678910 last-last2, first-first2 I D-321 D123 Primary Dx V12345678910 last-last2, first-first2 I ED Primary Dx V12345678910 last-last2, first I ED Primary Dx V12345678910 last-last2, first-first2 ED PRIMARY DX V12345678910 LAST,FIRST FIRST ARU P102 1 Primary Dx V12345678910 last, first D321 D123 1 Primary Dx V12345678910 last, first-first2 first3 D321 Primary Dx V12345678910 last, first-first2 D-321 123 Primary Dx V12345678910 last, first-first2 D-321 123 Primary Dx V12345678910 last, first-first2 D-321 123 1 Primary Dx V12345678910 last, first-first2 D JIP LC A Primary Dx VN2345678910 last,first first2 D JIP Primary Dx

These are a few assumptions made: First match is the Account Number named <an> 2nd match is the Patient name named <pn> There is 1 space between the end of the patient's name and the beginning of the Location. and between Location and Room, and between Room and Bed There will always be a Location (Room and Bed may or may not exist). 3rd match is the Location named <loc> Location may contain "-" No spaces in Location No spaces in Room No spaces in Bed 4th match is the Room named <rm> Room or Bed does not contain "-" The Room may or may not exist 5th match is the Bed named <bd> Bed can not exist without a Room Room can not exist without a Location

Use Alt+0150 (en dash), Alt+0151 (em dash), or Alt+8722 (minus sign) using the numeric keypad.

Alt+0150 (en dash) – Alt+0151 (em dash) — (minus sign) -

Submitted by Eddie Choong - 2 years ago