Regex to match phone and fax numbers for WebHarvy

Question

Sample text

5950 S Willow Dr Ste 304 
 Greenwood Village, CO 80111
 P (123) 456-7890
 F (123) 456-7890
 Get Directions

Tried the following but it grabbed the first line of the address as well

(.*)(?=(\n.*){2}$)

Also tried

P\s(\(\d{3})\)\s\d+-\d+

but it doesn't work in WebHarvy even though it works on RegexStorm

Looking for an expression to match the phone and fax numbers from it. I would be using the expression in WebHarvy

https://www.webharvy.com/articles/regex.html

Thanks

Ok, but what is your question? How did you try to write the regular expression? — juzraai, Sep 15 '17 at 20:37
Sorry Juzraai - I have added more info to my question above. Kindly check. Thanks — pb_ng, Sep 15 '17 at 20:47
Try `P\s*(\(\d{3}\)\s*\d+-\d+)` or `\bP\s*(\(\d{3}\)\s*\d+-\d+)` — Wiktor Stribiżew, Sep 15 '17 at 20:48
Thanks, Wiktor. Could you please tell me where I went wrong with the one I tried above (the second one)? — pb_ng, Sep 15 '17 at 20:49

Wiktor Stribiżew · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-15T20:58:43.690

Your second pattern is almost what you need to do. With P\s(\(\d{3})\)\s\d+-\d+, you captured into Group 1 only (\(\d{3}) part, while you need to capture the whole number.

I also suggest to restrict the context: either match P as a whole word, or as the first word on a line:

\bP\s*(\(\d{3}\)\s*\d+-\d+)

or

(?m)^\s*P\s*(\(\d{3}\)\s*\d+-\d+)

See the regex demo, and here is what you need to pay attention to there:

The \b part matches a word boundary (\b) and (?m)^\s* matches the start of a line ((?m) makes ^ match the start of a line) and then \s* matches 0+ whitespaces. You may change it to only match horizontal whitespaces by replacing the pattern with [\p{Zs}\t]*.

Regex to match phone and fax numbers for WebHarvy

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