Case Name and RegEx

[Biernt]

I had asked a similar question previously.

I'm using the RegEx parse function to breakdown case titles for court dockets consisting of:

[plaintiff] v. [defendant]

[plaintiff] vs. [defendant]

I was working with a data set that only included the format of [plaintiff] v. [defendant], which the expression: (.*?)\s+v\.\s+(.*) worked perfectly for. This, however, did work with data sets that include both [plaintiff] v. [defendant] & [plaintiff] vs. [defendant] formats. Is there a RegEx I can write that accounts for both of these formats, or is the solution something different entirely? 

[ImadZidan]

Hello @Biernt ,

I believe the expression should include an OR operator. It is hard to say without sample data.

Give it a try.

(.*?)\s+v|vs\.\s+(.*)

Hope this is helpful

[TerryT · Accepted solution]

I would make the 's' in 'vs' optional with '?':

(.*?)\s+vs?\.\s+(.*)

Terry T

[Biernt]

This also worked as a solution. Thank you for your insight, Imad.