Support longer street names, especially for street address directionals.

 * E.g.  60 Ida Lee Dr NW

Author: rmm5t

lib/address_extractor.rb

@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ def first_address(string)
     def find_addresses(string)
       string.scan(ADDRESS_PATTERN).collect { |a| hashify_results(a) }.compact
     end
-    
-    # Pass it a block that recieves 2 parameters: 
+
+    # Pass it a block that recieves 2 parameters:
     #   address hash
     #   matched address string ($&)
     # Whatever your block returns will be used for the substition.
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ def replace_addresses(string)
         useful_address?(hash) ? yield(hash, $&) : match
       end
     end
-    
+
   private
-    
+
     def hashify_results(matches)
       return nil if matches.nil?
       result = { }
@@ -46,16 +46,16 @@ def hashify_results(matches)
       end
       useful_address?(result) ? result : nil
     end
-    
+
     def useful_address?(hash)
-      hash && 
+      hash &&
       hash[:street1] && ( hash[:zip] || hash[:city] && hash[:state] )
     end
-    
+
   end
-  
+
   CAPTURE_MAP = [ :street1, :street2, :city, :state, :zip, :zip ]
-  
+
   STATES = <<-EOF
     ALABAMA  AL
     ALASKA  AK
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ def useful_address?(hash)
     WISCONSIN  WI
     WYOMING  WY
   EOF
-  
+
   STATE_REGEX = STATES.split(/\n/).collect{ |n| n.scan(/(\w.*\w)\s*([A-Z]{2})\s*$/) }.join("|")
-  
+
   SECONDARY_UNIT_DESIGNATORS = <<-EOF
     APARTMENT APT
     BASEMENT BSMT
@@ -145,14 +145,14 @@ def useful_address?(hash)
     UNIT UNIT
     UPPER UPPR
   EOF
-  
+
   SECONDARY_UNIT_DESIGNATORS_REGEX = SECONDARY_UNIT_DESIGNATORS.split(/\n/).collect{ |n| n.scan(/(\w+)\s*(\w+)\s*$/) }.join("|")
 
   ADDRESS_PATTERN = /
     (
       \d+                           # A few numbers
       \s+
-      (?:[A-Za-z'.-]+\s?){0,2} (?:[A-Za-z'.-]+) # Followed by a street name
+      (?:[A-Za-z'.-]+\s?){1,5}      # Followed by a street name
     )
     \s* ,?  \s*                     # a comma, optionally
     (
@@ -168,9 +168,9 @@ def useful_address?(hash)
         \b(#{STATE_REGEX})\b        # state
         \s* ,? \s*                  # a comma, optionally
         (\d{5})?                    # a zip code, optionally
-      )                            
+      )
       |                             # or, instead of city and state
       (\d{5})?                      # a lone zip code will do
     )
   /xi
-end
+end

test/test_address_extractor.rb

@@ -81,3 +81,9 @@ def test_no_addresses_found
 test_input "Apple Computer, Inc. 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014",
   { :street1 => "1 Infinite Loop", :street2 => nil, :city => "Cupertino", :state => "CA", :zip => "95014" }
 
+test_input "Ida Lee Park Recreation Center 60 Ida Lee Dr NW, Leesburg, VA",
+  { :street1 => "60 Ida Lee Dr NW", :street2 => nil, :city => "Leesburg", :state => "VA", :zip => nil }
+
+test_input "Ida Lee Park Recreation Center 60 Ida Lee Dr N West, Leesburg, VA",
+  { :street1 => "60 Ida Lee Dr N West", :street2 => nil, :city => "Leesburg", :state => "VA", :zip => nil }
+