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Subject: Re: regex: \(.*\)\([a-zA-Z]+\)$ - not working as expected
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AngusC <anguscomber@gmail.com> writes:

> I have text like this:
>
> some description here Status1
> some other description Status2
> some other interesting description Status1
>
> I am using regex like this:
>
> \(.*\)\([a-zA-Z]+\)$
>
> with replacement text:
>
> \1 ZZZ \2
>
> And what I expected was:
>
> some description here ZZZ Status
> some other description ZZZ Fault
> some other interesting description ZZZ Status
>
> But instead I got:
>
> some description here Statu ZZZ s
> some other description Faul ZZZ t
> some other interesting description Statu ZZZ s
>
> I want my expected outcome, how do I do that?
>
> What was wrong with my regex?

Your first group is matching right up to the last penultimate character
and the second is match the last character.  Try adding a patter to
match a space between your groups.

Cheers,

Loris

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