Regular Expressions 101

Group rd_no(?P<rd_no>\w?\d+(\-\d+)?\w?\s+)

\w?optionally matches a Unicode word character

\d+a Unicode decimal digit, repeated at least once

Group 2(\-\d+)?

?repeats the group contents below at most once:

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\d+a Unicode decimal digit, repeated at least once

\w?optionally matches a Unicode word character

\s+a Unicode whitespace character, repeated at least once

Group rd_nm(?P<rd_nm>[a-zA-z \-]+)

Character Class[a-zA-z \-]+

+matches at least one character from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

A-zone character from A (65₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

\-the literal - (45₁₀ / 55₈ / 2D₁₆)

\s+a Unicode whitespace character, repeated at least once

Group rd_tp(?P<rd_tp>Terrace|Way|Walk|St|Rd|Ave|Cl|Ct|Cres|Blvd|Dr|Ln|Pl|Sq|Pde)

1st AlternativeTerrace

Terracethe literal text Terrace (case sensitive)

2nd AlternativeWay

Waythe literal text Way (case sensitive)

3rd AlternativeWalk

Walkthe literal text Walk (case sensitive)

4th AlternativeSt

Stthe literal text St (case sensitive)

5th AlternativeRd

Rdthe literal text Rd (case sensitive)

6th AlternativeAve

Avethe literal text Ave (case sensitive)

7th AlternativeCl

Clthe literal text Cl (case sensitive)

8th AlternativeCt

Ctthe literal text Ct (case sensitive)

9th AlternativeCres

Cresthe literal text Cres (case sensitive)

10th AlternativeBlvd

Blvdthe literal text Blvd (case sensitive)

11th AlternativeDr

Drthe literal text Dr (case sensitive)

12th AlternativeLn

Lnthe literal text Ln (case sensitive)

13th AlternativePl

Plthe literal text Pl (case sensitive)

14th AlternativeSq

Sqthe literal text Sq (case sensitive)

15th AlternativePde

Pdethe literal text Pde (case sensitive)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

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25 tokens

Regular Expression

(?P<rd_no>\w?\d+(\-\d+)?\w?\s+)(?P<rd_nm>[a-zA-z \-]+)\s+(?P<rd_tp>Terrace|Way|Walk|St|Rd|Ave|Cl|Ct|Cres|Blvd|Dr|Ln|Pl|Sq|Pde)

New

Burrah lodge, 15 Anne Jameson Pl
123 Main St
Unit 84 56 Newcombe Terrace

Extraction

Burrah lodge, 15 Anne Jameson Pl
123 Main St
Unit 84 56 Newcombe Terrace