naterockhold

I'm trying to create a regular expression to match the following types of us locations: 486 S SOANGETAHA RD APT 9 GALESBURG IL 450 N CHERRY ST GALESBURG IL 61401 950 REDWOOD SHORES PKWY UNIT K102 REDWOOD CITY CA 123 MAIN ST 123 MAIN ST SAN FRANCISCO MAIN ST & KELLOGG ST EMBARCADERO ST & MARKET ST SAN FRANCISCO These locations are in a long string with that varies in length. This is the regular expression I'm using but it is also matching other strings that are not a location. $STATE="(A[KLRZ]|C[AOT]|D[CE]|FL|GA|HI|I[ADLN]|K[sY]|LA|M[ADEINOST]|N[CDEHJMVY]|O[HKR]|PA|RI|S[CD]|T[NX]|UT|V[AT]|W[AIVY])"; $STREET="(AVE|AVENUE|BLVD|BOULEVARD|CIR|CIRCLE|CT|COURT|EXPY|EXPRESSWAY|FWY|FREEWAY|LN|LANE|PKY|PKWY|PARKWAY|RD|ROAD|SQ|SQUARE|ST|STREET|TPKE|TURNPIKE)"; $DIREC="(N|NORTH|E|EAST|S|SOUTH|W|WEST|NE|NORTHEAST|SE|SOUTHEAST|SW|SOUTHWEST|NW|NORTHWEST)"; $NAME="(([A-Z]{3,15})( +([A-Z]{3,15})){0,1}( +([A-Z]{3,15})){0,1})"; $DESIG="(APARTMENT|APT|BUILDING|BLDG||FLOOR|FL|SUITE|STE|UNIT|ROOM|RM|DEPARTMENT|DEPT)"; $NUM="([0-9]{1,6})"; $APT="([A-Z0-9]{1,6})"; $ZIP="([0-9]{5})"; $USAddressPtn = "($NUM{0,1} *$DIREC{0,1} *$NAME{1} *$STREET{1} *$DESIG{0,1} *$APT{0,1} *$NAME{0,1} *$STATE{0,1} *$ZIP{0,1})";