How to capture two separate group patterns with Regex?

Question

I have this pattern in over 10.000 places:

11,1,2,0,0,"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, 8 - 14. consectetur adipiscing elit. 6 - 13. Aenean semper fermentum ipsum sed vehicula. In commodo sit amet libero et rhoncus. Cras vitae dapibus nisl. Mauris lacinia dui lacus, ut sodales massa congue vel. Donec at 8 - 11. dapibus mi, ullamcorper porttitor orci. Nullam id dui nibh. Fusce est ante, viverra 4 - 7. et cursus vel, scelerisque imperdiet massa. Donec sit amet nibh porttitor, tincidunt lorem in, maximus elit."

I need to capture all 11,1,2,0,0, patterns at the beginning of the sentence AND ALL the 8 - 14. patterns (they have different numbers between dashes - and before the dot .) throughout the sentence using Regex.

How do I do this?

I have tried (^\d*,\d*,\d*,\d*,\d*)+(\d* - \d*\.)

The desired output is:

11,1,2,0,0, 8 - 14. 6 - 13. 8 - 11. 4 - 7.

What is your expected output/match? btw I'm not the the one who down voted. — anubhava, Dec 30 '15 at 17:09

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 30 '15 at 17:14

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You can use regex alternation for 2 patterns:

\b((?:\d+,)+|\d+\s*-\s*\d+)

RegEx Demo

answered Dec 30 '15 at 17:14

anubhava

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Thanks anubhava! Works perfectly. You helped me a lot! – neowinston Dec 30 '15 at 17:16
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Wonderful. Thanks for your great help! – neowinston Dec 30 '15 at 17:29

How to capture two separate group patterns with Regex?

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