On Feb 28, 2014, at 2:43 PM, George Weaver <gweaver@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Steve Atkins
>
> >Maybe this?
>
> >select regexp_replace('300 North 126th Street', '(\d+)(?:st|nd|rd|th)',
> >'\1', 'gi');
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> Thanks, but no luck:
>
> select regexp_replace('300 North 126th Street', E'(\d+)(?:st|nd|rd|th)',
> E'\1', 'gi');
> regexp_replace
> ------------------------
> 300 North 126th Street
>
> George
Those E’s you added completely change the meaning. If you want to
use E-style literals (and you probably don’t) you’ll need to double the
backslashes in all the strings.
Cheers,
Steve
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