Parsing/formatting string

[commandonz]

Hi again all,

I'm trying to change some strings so that where there's a character next to a digit a space is inserted. ie:

abc123def456 -> abc 123 def 456
a1b2 -> a 1 b 2

The algorithm is trivial but I don't know enough php. In Java, gimme about ten seconds.

Help! 🙂

[NogDog]

One possibility:

<?php
$string = 'abc123DEF456';
$search = array('/(\d)([a-z])/i', '/([a-z])(\d)/i');
$newString = preg_replace($search, '\\1 \\2', $string);
echo $newString;
?>

[commandonz]

Thanks, i'll give it a go 🙂