Split on / only if surrounded by text

Question

I need to split 1/2 chicken/‏ greens/egg/tomato/blue cheese/bacon for / only if the / is surrounded by [a-z ] and not by numbers

I have tried:

But it capture also the text

(If it matters, I am using preg_split in PHP where the modifier g is always implicitly used)

Why don't you just match the desired portions of the string? — Salman A, Apr 14 '15 at 12:06
because the string in my case comes from a random source and it not always formatted this way — Fabrizio, Apr 14 '15 at 12:27

vks · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-14T12:50:55.163

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(?<!\d)\/(?!\d)

You can split by this.Use lookarounds.See demo.

EDIT:

(?<=\D)\/|\/(?=\D)

Use this it / having an integer on one side should be split.

edited Apr 14 '15 at 12:50

answered Apr 14 '15 at 12:00

vks

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Think positive: `(?<=\D)\/(?=\D)` :) – Wiktor Stribiżew Apr 14 '15 at 12:01
@stribizhev yups either way :P – vks Apr 14 '15 at 12:02
almost, I modified the string to show other cases. this will skip `text/number/text` case – Fabrizio Apr 14 '15 at 12:02
Awesome. Yes, `(?<=\D)\/|\/(?=\D)` works. didn't think about seeing the problem from "there has to be a char before or after". Thank you – Fabrizio Apr 14 '15 at 12:09

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