I have a field that contains text and an account number embedded in the text. for example
blah bla blah testing ACCT # 3402058931 \bla \ABC\203499\ blah blah
The problem is the string that precedes the account number and is supposed to be the identifier, sometimes contains typos:
it varies: "ACCT # ", "ACCOUNT#", "AC#" (with or without spaces). so to parse it out I'm thinking to match any 10 digit number that is preceded by either "# " or "#", not sure I want to include all of the possible variations.
So far I have (\d{10}), which will match any 10 digit number (this should work 95% of the time, but it would be good if I could improve it.
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Thanks Marquee Crew
could you explain that expression? how does that make sure the account number is preceded by "#" or "# "?
is the $1 basically saying that we're replacing the entire field value with just the first matched group?
Awesome. Thank you