Regex to Isolate Variable String

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I have a fairly large text file from which I need to extrapolate a string in PHP. The file in question can be accessed here. What I need taken out is the first column of the Total Public Debt Outstanding line. It will vary from day to day, that is where I need help. The Total Public Debt Outstanding line will always be there, how do I get preg_match to match the text immediately following it?

Jason McCreary · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-19 02:18:00Z

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The following should do it, albeit not very elegant.

$data = file_get_contents('data.txt');
preg_match('/Total\s+Public\s+Debt\s+Outstanding\s+(\S+)/', $data, $matches);
print_r($matches);

answered Jul 19, 2011 at 2:18

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