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I want to split a string at . or : unless the next character is )



Following this question: R strsplit: Split based on character except when a specific character follows why isn't



strsplit("Glenelg (Vic.)",'\.|:(?!\))', perl = TRUE)


returning



[[1]]
[1] "Glenelg (Vic)"


instead it splits at the ., like so:



[1] "Glenelg (Vic" ")"           









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    I want to split a string at . or : unless the next character is )



    Following this question: R strsplit: Split based on character except when a specific character follows why isn't



    strsplit("Glenelg (Vic.)",'\.|:(?!\))', perl = TRUE)


    returning



    [[1]]
    [1] "Glenelg (Vic)"


    instead it splits at the ., like so:



    [1] "Glenelg (Vic" ")"           









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      I want to split a string at . or : unless the next character is )



      Following this question: R strsplit: Split based on character except when a specific character follows why isn't



      strsplit("Glenelg (Vic.)",'\.|:(?!\))', perl = TRUE)


      returning



      [[1]]
      [1] "Glenelg (Vic)"


      instead it splits at the ., like so:



      [1] "Glenelg (Vic" ")"           









      share|improve this question














      I want to split a string at . or : unless the next character is )



      Following this question: R strsplit: Split based on character except when a specific character follows why isn't



      strsplit("Glenelg (Vic.)",'\.|:(?!\))', perl = TRUE)


      returning



      [[1]]
      [1] "Glenelg (Vic)"


      instead it splits at the ., like so:



      [1] "Glenelg (Vic" ")"           






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          It is not grouped correctly. .|:(?!)) matches a . anywhere in a string or a : not followed with ). If you group . and : patterns, '(?:\.|:)(?!\))', it will work.



          However, you may use a better regex version based on a character class:



          strsplit("Glenelg (Vic.)",'[.:](?!\))', perl = TRUE)
          [[1]]
          [1] "Glenelg (Vic.)"


          Here, [.:](?!)) matches either . or : that are both not immediately followed with ).



          See the regex demo.






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            You can also use stringr:



            stringr::str_split("Glenelg (Vic.)","[\.:](?!\))")
            [[1]]
            [1] "Glenelg (Vic.)"





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              It is not grouped correctly. .|:(?!)) matches a . anywhere in a string or a : not followed with ). If you group . and : patterns, '(?:\.|:)(?!\))', it will work.



              However, you may use a better regex version based on a character class:



              strsplit("Glenelg (Vic.)",'[.:](?!\))', perl = TRUE)
              [[1]]
              [1] "Glenelg (Vic.)"


              Here, [.:](?!)) matches either . or : that are both not immediately followed with ).



              See the regex demo.






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                It is not grouped correctly. .|:(?!)) matches a . anywhere in a string or a : not followed with ). If you group . and : patterns, '(?:\.|:)(?!\))', it will work.



                However, you may use a better regex version based on a character class:



                strsplit("Glenelg (Vic.)",'[.:](?!\))', perl = TRUE)
                [[1]]
                [1] "Glenelg (Vic.)"


                Here, [.:](?!)) matches either . or : that are both not immediately followed with ).



                See the regex demo.






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                  It is not grouped correctly. .|:(?!)) matches a . anywhere in a string or a : not followed with ). If you group . and : patterns, '(?:\.|:)(?!\))', it will work.



                  However, you may use a better regex version based on a character class:



                  strsplit("Glenelg (Vic.)",'[.:](?!\))', perl = TRUE)
                  [[1]]
                  [1] "Glenelg (Vic.)"


                  Here, [.:](?!)) matches either . or : that are both not immediately followed with ).



                  See the regex demo.






                  share|improve this answer













                  It is not grouped correctly. .|:(?!)) matches a . anywhere in a string or a : not followed with ). If you group . and : patterns, '(?:\.|:)(?!\))', it will work.



                  However, you may use a better regex version based on a character class:



                  strsplit("Glenelg (Vic.)",'[.:](?!\))', perl = TRUE)
                  [[1]]
                  [1] "Glenelg (Vic.)"


                  Here, [.:](?!)) matches either . or : that are both not immediately followed with ).



                  See the regex demo.







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                      You can also use stringr:



                      stringr::str_split("Glenelg (Vic.)","[\.:](?!\))")
                      [[1]]
                      [1] "Glenelg (Vic.)"





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                        You can also use stringr:



                        stringr::str_split("Glenelg (Vic.)","[\.:](?!\))")
                        [[1]]
                        [1] "Glenelg (Vic.)"





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                          You can also use stringr:



                          stringr::str_split("Glenelg (Vic.)","[\.:](?!\))")
                          [[1]]
                          [1] "Glenelg (Vic.)"





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                          You can also use stringr:



                          stringr::str_split("Glenelg (Vic.)","[\.:](?!\))")
                          [[1]]
                          [1] "Glenelg (Vic.)"






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