Convert literature string via Regular Expressions

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Hi all,

I'm having difficulties getting the following literature strings ripped
to prepare it to be inserted into the database.

Here 2 example strings:


Hauser, M., Geller-Grimm, F. (1995): Bestimmungsschlüssel für die Weibchen der deutschen Sphegina-Arten (Diptera, Syrphidae). [Key to distinguish the females of the Sphegina species known from Germany (Diptera, Syrphidae).] - Entomology 2(1/2), 3-19. London.
Mazánek, L., Láska, P., Bicik, V. (1999): Two new Palaearctic species of Eupeodes similar to E. bucculatus (Diptera, Syrphidae) [] - Volucella 4, 1-9. Stuttgart.


Pattern is like this:
Author(s) (year): Title in German or English. [If filled than former
title was a German one and this one is the English translation.] -
Source issue, pages. City.

Author:
Year:
Title EN or DE:
Title EN:
Source:
Issue:
Pages:
Press City:

I tried something like this:

preg_match ("/^[..something..]+/", $string, $regs);

echo ("Author: ".$regs[1]."
");
echo ("Year: ".$regs[2]."
");
echo ("Title EN or DE: ".$regs[3]."
");
echo ("Title EN: ".$regs[4]."
");
echo ("Source: ".$regs[5]."
");
echo ("Issue: ".$regs[6]."
");
echo ("Pages: ".$regs[7]."
");
echo ("Press City: ".$regs[8]."
");

But I'm having problems with the spaces and the parentheses that I
somehow can't use in the matching...
Any idea how to split the string in the appropriate parts?

Many thanks,
Bastiaan

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Bastiaan Wakkie
www.syrphidae.com

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Hi all,



I'm having difficulties getting the following literature strings ripped to prepare it to be inserted into the database.



Here 2 example strings:

Hauser, M., Geller-Grimm, F. (1995): Bestimmungsschlüssel für die Weibchen der deutschen Sphegina-Arten (Diptera, Syrphidae). [Key to distinguish the females of the Sphegina species known from Germany (Diptera, Syrphidae).] - Entomology 2(1/2), 3-19. London.

Mazánek, L., Láska, P., Bicik, V. (1999): Two new Palaearctic species of Eupeodes similar to E. bucculatus (Diptera, Syrphidae) [] - Volucella 4, 1-9. Stuttgart.

	preg_match ("/^[..something..]+/", $string, $regs);



	echo ("Author: ".$regs[1]."<br />");

	echo ("Year: ".$regs[2]."<br />");

	echo ("Title EN or DE: ".$regs[3]."<br />");

	echo ("Title EN: ".$regs[4]."<br />");

	echo ("Source: ".$regs[5]."<br />");

	echo ("Issue: ".$regs[6]."<br />");

	echo ("Pages: ".$regs[7]."<br />");

	echo ("Press City: ".$regs[8]."<br />");

Re: Convert literature string via Regular Expressions

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Hey,

I Found it out at the end! Thanks anyway.

Here the code to find out for someone that is interested:

$filename=3D"Literature.txt";
$handle =3D fopen ($filename, "r");
while (!feof ($handle)) {
$buffer =3D fgets($handle, 1024);
echo ("

".$buffer."<>");
//.....................Author.................Year.......... .......Titl=
e DE or EN.............EN Title..............................Source.....i=
ssue...........pages......Press
$match=3Dpreg_match ("/^([\wÜÖäüßéñóíá,.-\s]*)\(([\=
d]{4})\)*:\s([\)\(ÜÖäüßéñóíá,.:&?!-\w\s] *)\[([\)\(Ü=
Öäüßéñóí=E1,.:&?!-=E9\w\s]*)\]\s-\s([\s\w]*) \s([\(\/\)\d]=
*),\s([\d-]*).\s([\w]*)/", $buffer, $regs);
if ($match){
echo ("

Matched till now in: $line
------------------------> >".$regs[0]."");
echo ("

> www.syrphidae.com

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www.syrphidae.com


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Hey,



I Found it out at the end! Thanks anyway.



Here the code to find out for someone that is interested:

<?php

	$filename="Literature.txt";

	$handle = fopen ($filename, "r");

	while (!feof ($handle)) {

		$buffer = fgets($handle, 1024);

		echo ("<hr><p>".$buffer."<>");

		 //.....................Author.................Year.......... .......Title DE or EN.............EN  Title..............................Source.....issue......... ..pages......Press

		$match=preg_match ("/^([\wÜÖäüßéñóíá,.-\s]*)\(([\d]{4})\)*:\s([\)\(ÜÖäüßéñóí á,.:&?!-\w\s]*)\[([\)\(ÜÖäüßéñóíá,.:&?!-é \w\s]*)\]\s-\s([\s\w]*)\s([\(\/\)\d]*),\s([\d-]*).\s([\w]*)/ ", $buffer, $regs);

		if ($match){

			echo ("<p>Matched till now in:  $line <br>------------------------> <i>".$regs[0]."</i>");

			echo ("<table border=\"2\"><tr><td>Author:</td><td><i>".$regs[1]." </i></td></tr>");

			echo ("<tr><td>Year:</td><td><i>".$regs[2]."</i></td></tr >");

			echo ("<tr><td>Title EN or DE:</td><td><i>".$regs[3]."</i></td></tr>");

			echo ("<tr><td>Title EN:</td><td><i>".$regs[4]."</i></td></tr>");

			echo ("<tr><td>Source:</td><td><i>".$regs[5]."</i></td></tr >");

			echo ("<tr><td>Issue:</td><td><i>".$regs[6]."</i></td></tr >");

			echo ("<tr><td>Pages:</td><td><i>".$regs[7]."</i></td></tr >");

			echo ("<tr><td>Press City:</td><td><i>".$regs[8]."</i></td></tr></table>");

		}

		else{

			echo "<div style=\"color:red\">String did not match!</div></p>";

		}

	}

	fclose ($handle);

?>

Cool he! I'm starting to like regular expressions. So now I can happily import 1000 new rows without any problem.



bye,

Bastiaan





On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 16:50, Bastiaan Wakkie wrote:

Hi all,



I'm having difficulties getting the following literature strings ripped to prepare it to be inserted into the database.



Here 2 example strings:

Hauser, M., Geller-Grimm, F. (1995): Bestimmungsschlüssel für die Weibchen der deutschen Sphegina-Arten (Diptera, Syrphidae). [Key to distinguish the females of the Sphegina species known from Germany (Diptera, Syrphidae).] - Entomology 2(1/2), 3-19. London.

Mazánek, L., Láska, P., Bicik, V. (1999): Two new Palaearctic species of Eupeodes similar to E. bucculatus (Diptera, Syrphidae) [] - Volucella 4, 1-9. Stuttgart.

Pattern is like this:

Author(s) (year): Title in German or English. [If filled than former title was a German one and this one is the English translation.] - Source issue, pages. City.



Author:

Year:

Title EN or DE:

Title EN:

Source:

Issue:

Pages:

Press City:



I tried something like this:

	preg_match ("/^[..something..]+/", $string, $regs);



	echo ("Author: ".$regs[1]."<br />");

	echo ("Year: ".$regs[2]."<br />");

	echo ("Title EN or DE: ".$regs[3]."<br />");

	echo ("Title EN: ".$regs[4]."<br />");

	echo ("Source: ".$regs[5]."<br />");

	echo ("Issue: ".$regs[6]."<br />");

	echo ("Pages: ".$regs[7]."<br />");

	echo ("Press City: ".$regs[8]."<br />");

But I'm having problems with the spaces and the parentheses that I somehow can't use in the matching...

Any idea how to split the string in the appropriate parts?



Many thanks,

                 Bastiaan