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Simple Regex - Mad Hatter - Feb 17, 2015

Hey guys I have a website that has a bunch of stuff and I only need a little bit of it so like this:

StuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuff

Ineed - Ineed - Ineed - Ineed

StuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuffStuff

So the part that I need is in the format above:

something - something - something - something

I can't use a getbetween or anything like that because it's enclosed by <p> tags which is all over the website. How can I get only the part I need using regex. Any help is appreciated, thanks ✌✌


* - Only3 - Feb 17, 2015

try something like (\w+ - \w+ - \w+ - \w+)


* - Mad Hatter - Feb 17, 2015

Nope didn't work hears an example: 1092838992 - http://www.google.com - Wrong - Google


* - Only3 - Feb 17, 2015

u should be more clear when u ask q'
(.*? - .*? - .*? - .*?)


* - Mad Hatter - Feb 17, 2015

I'm sorry about that, I tried to make it as clear as possible, thanks for you're help though! You're the regex you gave me worked. Thanks a ton!


* - Only3 - Feb 18, 2015

if the format for all the same then u can use (\d+ - .*? - \w+ - \w+) too