Here a string I need to parse using regex.

.idc?TERRIL_id=1 Crachet 7/12

In fact this is an url followed by 1 space and a text. I need to extract url and the text in 2 separate ways.

To extract the url \S+ is working just fine.

But to extract the text after first space, it gets really hard to understand.

I am using Yahoo Pipes. (I don't know if this link to edit the code will work)

EDIT:

Using (\S+) (.+) gives me something weird:

Here a string I need to parse using regex.

http://carto1.wallonie.be/documents/terrils/fiche_terril.idc?TERRIL_id=1 Crachet 7/12

In fact this is an url followed by 1 space and a text. I need to extract url and the text in 2 separate ways.

To extract the url \S+ is working just fine.

But to extract the text after first space, it gets really hard to understand.

I am using Yahoo Pipes. (I don't know if this link to edit the code will work)

EDIT:

Using (\S+) (.+) gives me something weird:

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• 3 Please always specify the language or tool you intend to use. Regex implementations vary, and a solution that works in one language may not work in another. – Tom Zych Commented Sep 29, 2011 at 14:39
• Thanks. Added in first post with link. – Waza_Be Commented Sep 29, 2011 at 14:42

1 Answer 1

According to the Pipes documentation, it looks like it uses fairly standard regex syntax. Try this:

^(\S+)\s(.+)$

Then the URL will be $1 and the ment will be $2. The . operator matches any character, which you will need since it looks like the ments may have spaces.

EDIT: changed from literal space to \s since you might be looking at some odd whitespace character(s). You might as well throw a ^ and $ in there too, so the match fails instead of doing something weird.