I have the following regex (?:RE:\w+|Reference:)\s*((Mr|Mrs|Ms|Miss)?\s+([\w-]+)\s(\w+))
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Input text examples:
- RE:11567 Miss Jane Doe 12345678
- Reference: Miss Jane Doe 12345678
- RE:J123 Miss Jane Doe 12345678
- RE:J123 Miss Jane Doe 12345678 Reference: Test Company
Sample Code:
import re
pattern = re.compile('(?:RE:\w+|Reference:)\s*((Mr|Mrs|Ms|Miss)?\s+([\w-]+)\s(\w+))')
result = pattern.findall('RE:11693 Miss Jane Doe 12345678')
For all 4 I expect the output ('Miss Jane Doe', 'Miss', 'Jane', 'Doe')
. However in 4th text example I get [('Miss Jane Doe', 'Miss', 'Jane', 'Doe'), (' Test Company', '', 'Test', 'Company')]
How can I get the correct output