| Re: preg_match() oddities and question [message #176085 is a reply to message #176084] |
Tue, 22 November 2011 23:59   |
The Natural Philosoph
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Peter H. Coffin wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:30:45 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> Quite right. Is worse than you can possibly iagine at leats here in te
>> UK, where addresses can be as little as 2 lines long or up to 6..
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>> So
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>> 10 Wonkers place, LONDON EC3 7QY is a typical TOWN address
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>> Out in the sticks you might get
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>> Apartment 4b, the Old Town House, Shire Lane, Recketts Green, Nr
>> Stonehouse, Gloucestershire GL13 6AH
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>> And if that comes at you without commas, god help you.
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>> I have spent DAYS taking name/address fields and parsing them *manually*
>> into structured tables...
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> It is at this point that most people that have an actual need to solve
> these kinds of problems turn to the available commercial software and
> decide to solve it with money instead of manpower.
>
there is no AI that can match a human brain in decoding human idiocy...yet
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