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Asked: 2026-06-12T07:12:30+00:00

When I use scan(/\p{graph}+/) it works: ich gehe nach Köln am 12.09.2012.scan(/\p{graph}+/) => [ich,

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When I use scan(/\p{graph}+/) it works:

"ich gehe nach Köln am 12.09.2012".scan(/\p{graph}+/)
=> ["ich", "gehe", "nach", "Köln", "am", "12.09.2012"]

But if there is a typing error like “Köln.am“, then the output is wrong:

"ich gehe nach Köln.am 12.09.2012".scan(/\p{graph}+/)
=> ["ich", "gehe", "nach", "Köln.am", "12.09.2012"]

When I use scan(/\p{alnum}+/), the Date is not correct:

"ich gehe nach Köln.am 12.09.2012".scan(/\p{alnum}+/)
=> ["ich", "gehe", "nach", "Köln", "am", "12", "09", "2012"]

Does anyone know another solution?

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  1. Editorial Team

    For this simple case you can check using alternations and match either a series of letters or a series of digits with dots.

    "ich gehe nach Koeln.am 12.09.2012".scan(/\p{alpha}+|[\d+.]+/)

    outputs:

    ["ich", "gehe", "nach", "Koeln", ".", "am", "12.09.2012"]

    or, if you don’t want to match the single dot

    "ich gehe nach Koeln.am 12.09.2012".scan(/\p{alpha}+|\d+(?:\.\d+)*/)

    output:

    ["ich", "gehe", "nach", "Koeln", "am", "12.09.2012"]
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