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Jul 03.2008

Hi, I have a text file that’s list of Enlgish words, with their Arabic counterparts. Here’s a sample:

Abrams = أبرامز
Abramson = أبرامسون
Abrasion = الجرح
Abrasions = الجروح
Abrasive = المزيل
Abrasively = بخشونة
Abrasiveness = الحكّ
Abrasives = المزيلات
Abreact = حرّر
Abreacted = حرّر
Abreacting = تخليص من العقد
Abreaction = تحرّر من عقدة نفسيّة
Abreactions = تحرّر من عقدة نفسيّة
Abreacts = يحرّر
Abreast = جنبًا إلى جنب
Abridge = اختصر
Abridged = اختصر
Abridgement = الاختصار
Abridgements = الاختصارات
Abridger = الملخّص
Abridges = يختصر
Abridging = الاختصار
Abridgment = الاختصار
Abroad = بالخارج
Abrogate = ألغ
Abrogated = ألغى
Abrogates = يلغي

The goal: [i]To explode all of the Arabic words in to an array[/i].

I am guessing I’ll need to use preg_replace() to take out the english words and the extraneous spaces, and then use explode() to get all of the Arabic words in to an array.

HELP!

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@Phill_PaffordJul 03.2008 — try something like this

[code=php]
// create Arabic Array
$arabic_arr = Array();

// Read file into string
$str = file_get_contents('/path/to/file.txt');

// explode on equal sign = into array
$arr = explode("=",$str)

foreach($arr as $key => $value)
{
// filter out Engilsh
if(!preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z]+$/", $value))
{
// trim
$value = trim($value);

// Push to new array
array_push($arabic_arr, $value);
}
}

// to see the value of the Arabic Array
print_r($arabic_arr);

[/code]
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@NogDogJul 03.2008 — This might work:
[code=php]
$text = file_get_contents('path/to/file');
preg_match_all('/=s*([^rn]+)(?:[rn]|$)/', $text, $matches);
print_r($matches[1]); // $matches[1] contains first regexp sub-pattern matches
[/code]
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@callumdauthorJul 03.2008 — Thanks guys,

I'll try them out.
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@XlayerJul 04.2008 — This might work:
[code=php]
$text = file_get_contents('path/to/file');
preg_match_all('/=s*([^rn]+)(?:[rn]|$)/', $text, $matches);
print_r($matches[1]); // $matches[1] contains first regexp sub-pattern matches
[/code][/QUOTE]

short, very nice ! Thanks. ?
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