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Merge 2 statements into a single one

I have these two regex statements, they are working as expected.

.[ािीुूृेैोौं]?

For e.g. नमो first match न

निमो first match नि

.्.[ािीुूृेैोौं]?

For e.g. व्यैक्ती first match व्यै

I am interested only in the first match and it returns it correctly. But I am not able to join these 2 statements into a single one.

Update:

I am looking for a way to join these 2 statements so that I can type any word and I will get the correct results. As of now I need to check the word type and apply the appropriate regex to get the correct results.

Statement 1:

.[ािीुूृेैोौं]?[ं]?

अंबा > अं

लिंग > लिं

लैंगिक > लैं

Statement 2:

.्.[ािीुूृेैोौं]?[ं]?

प्रयत्न > प्र

व्यंकटेश > व्यं

I am trying to return only the fist match and therefore no need to look around :)

Solution

  • The user @jhnc has mentioned the correct command in comment.

    (.्.[ािीुूृेैोौं]?[ं]?)|(.[ािीुूृेैोौं]?[ं]?)

    Using pipe | for OR is a good idea. But the order of groups is very important. For e.g. this returns incorrect results...

    (.[ािीुूृेैोौं]?[ं]?)|(.्.[ािीुूृेैोौं]?[ं]?)