package main
import (
"regexp"
"fmt"
)
func main() {
var re = regexp.MustCompile(`\b\d{1,2}[- /]+\d{1,2}[- /]+\d{2,4}`)
var str = `im trying to retrieve a date from a string. the problem is that the pattern of this date varies a lot (string comes from an OCR reading). These are the patterns i need to identify:
11/11/1111 (i can get this one already)
11-11-1111 (i can get this one already)
11 11 1111 (i can get this one already)
11- 11- 1111
11 11 1111
11-11 1111
23- 10-17
9 06- 17
`
for i, match := range re.FindAllString(str, -1) {
fmt.Println(match, "found at index", i)
}
}
Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Golang, please visit: https://golang.org/pkg/regexp/