From: brabuhr@...
Date: 2010-12-15T06:33:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Need Help with Split

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 2:05 PM, A. Mcbomb <atomicmcbomb@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a list of records that need to be split between the address and
> the city. Here is some of the data:
>
> If I could find a way to split where a lower case letter butts directly
> against an Upper case letter, that might be a good start.

/tmp$ cat i.rb
s = <<END
  </a>-16 Bonner StreetHartford,-CT
  </a>-450 Main StreetHartford,-CT
  </a>-812 Farmington AvenueWest Hartford,-CT
  </a>-25 Forest Street No. 18Stamford,-CT
  </a>-25 Forest Street No. 6AStamford,-CT
  </a>-1450 Main StreetBridgeport,-CT
END

require 'pp'

pp s.scan(/-(.*?[a-zA-Z\d])([A-Z][a-z].*)/)

/tmp$ ruby i.rb
[["16 Bonner Street", "Hartford,-CT"],
 ["450 Main Street", "Hartford,-CT"],
 ["812 Farmington Avenue", "West Hartford,-CT"],
 ["25 Forest Street No. 18", "Stamford,-CT"],
 ["25 Forest Street No. 6A", "Stamford,-CT"],
 ["1450 Main Street", "Bridgeport,-CT"]]