Normalizing Strings using Regexes

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Published on 2010-05-25T15:58:40Z Indexed on 2010/05/25 16:01 UTC
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How do I match this string "1 & 2" from this string "Foo Bar 1 & 2"?

How do I match this string "1, 2 & 3" from this string "Foo Baz 1, 2 & 3"?

Trying to split out "Foo Bar" from the string using regexes while using the presence of "1 & 2" or "1, 2 & 3" as conditionals to normalize these strings into "Foo Bar 1" and "Foo Bar 2" or "Foo Baz 1", "Foo Baz 2" and "Foo Baz 3" respectively.

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