Find in string two first words (Regular expression)

Question

I have string. It can be in the following format

Folkestone Result

Ascot (IRE) Result

Folkestone Last (IRE) Result

Winterfall Win Result

Help create a regular expression to search for words in bold!

(.*)(?=\()|Result

My version is not quite working correctly

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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I have solution!

/^(.*?)(?=\(|Result)/m

Alternation inside the lookahead. Use in multiline-mode: m modifier

edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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answered May 14 '14 at 17:05

Jonny 5

Thank you so much! Now I'll know! – user3603475 May 14 '14 at 17:10
@user3603475 great it helped, happy :) – Jonny 5 May 14 '14 at 17:11
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