regex: \(.*\)\([a-zA-Z]+\)$ - not working as expected

[AngusC]

I have text like this:

some description here Status1
some other description Status2
some other interesting description Status1

I am using regex like this:

\(.*\)\([a-zA-Z]+\)$

with replacement text:

\1 ZZZ \2

And what I expected was:

some description here ZZZ Status
some other description ZZZ Fault
some other interesting description ZZZ Status

But instead I got:

some description here Statu ZZZ s
some other description Faul ZZZ t
some other interesting description Statu ZZZ s

I want my expected outcome, how do I do that?

What was wrong with my regex?




--
View this message in context: 
http://emacs.1067599.n5.nabble.com/regex-a-zA-Z-not-working-as-expected-tp353090.html
Sent from the Emacs - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.