Re: Reg Exp and sentences

kjhjhjhjadsasda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> Im trying to get a solid regular expression that identifies sentences
> from a text chunk and that throws away anything that isnt.
>
> Example:
>
> pjkoqwe () asdkj() asdasd...... dasdkasjk ** This is a proper sentence,
> right here. Hejrkjlekk werkwe wer werjlkj! Wedkljew erewrkjkj?
> Wwlkjfdskjsdflk sdlkfjsdsd sdflkjsd sdfkjsdf, sdfklj sdflkjsdf lksdfj.
> 1223 sd dskj() sdkjas | asd| |sdasda sadkjasd
>
> Would result in:
>
> This is a proper sentence, right here. Hejrkjlekk werkwe wer werjlkj!
> Wedkljew erewrkjkj? Wwlkjfdskjsdflk sdlkfjsdsd sdflkjsd sdfkjsdf,
> sdfklj sdflkjsdf lksdfj.
>
> Eg something that looks for a length more than say 5 words, that starts
> with an upper case letter, can include ,()- and space and ends with an
> .!?

What have you tried so far?

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