<?php
# URL that generated this code:
# http://txt2re.com/index-php.php3?s=directv%20HR24NC-500nc&-36&6&7&12
$txt='directv - some stuff hereHR34NC-500nc';
$re1='.*?'; # Non-greedy match on filler
$re2='(?:[a-z][a-z]+)'; # Uninteresting: word
$re3='.*?'; # Non-greedy match on filler
$re4='((?:[a-z][a-z]+))'; # Word 1
$re5='(\\d+)'; # Integer Number 1
$re6='.*?'; # Non-greedy match on filler
$re7='(-)'; # Any Single Character 1
$re8='(\\d+)'; # Integer Number 2
if ($c=preg_match_all ("/".$re1.$re2.$re3.$re4.$re5.$re6.$re7.$re8."/is", $txt, $matches))
{
$word1=$matches[1][0];
$int1=$matches[2][0];
$c1=$matches[3][0];
$int2=$matches[4][0];
print "($word1) ($int1) ($c1) ($int2) \n";
}