Inn of the Dripping Dagger
 N-Battered and gouged wooden door S-Selduth Street  W-Inn of the Drip U-Secon Floor of
 D-The Cellar of t
This cozy old inn is well known as  a favorite watering hole and  resting
place  for hire-swords and it  has a reputation for jovial horseplay that
keeps more timid visitors away. It is a low-ceilinged taproom with two sets of

\b(?:(?:[NSWUD]|[NS][EW])-)(?:(?:[\w ](?!(?:[NSWUD]|[NS][EW])-))+)\b

		<trigger
				name="ExitTrigger"
				enabled="y"
				regexp="y"
				multi_line="n"
				keep_evaluating="y"
				match="\b(?:(?:[NSWUD]|[NS][EW])-)(?:(?:[\w ](?!(?:[NSWUD]|[NS][EW])-))+)\b"
				send_to="12"
				sequence="100">
				<send>ListExit "%0"</send>
		</trigger>

	<trigger
		name="ExitTrigger"
		enabled="y"
		regexp="y"
		multi_line="y"
		lines_to_match="2"
		keep_evaluating="y"
		match="((?:[NSWUD]|[NS][EW])-).*"
		send_to="12"
		sequence="100">
		<send>ListExit "%0"</send>
	</trigger>

N-Battered and gouged wooden door S-Selduth Street  W-Inn of the Drip U-Secon Floor of

D-The Cellar of t

<triggers>
  <trigger
   enabled="y"
   match="^(.*?([NSWEUD]|[NS][EW])-\w.*)$"
   regexp="y"
   send_to="12"
   sequence="100"
  >
  <send>local line = "%0"

-- Match upto first letter of description for accuracy.
local exit_re = rex.new("\\\\s([NSWEUD]|[NS][EW])-\\\\w")

local s, e, m = exit_re:match(line, 1)
while (s ~= nil) do

  local new_s, new_e, new_m = exit_re:match(line, s+1)

  local exit_name = m[1]
  local exit_description = line:sub(e, (new_s or 0)-1)
  -- You may want to add a trim() to exit_description since your game
  -- seems to be littered with spaces in unexpected places. :-)

  -- BEGIN -- Do what you want at this point.

  Note("Exit found: &lt;" .. exit_name .. "&gt;")
  Note("Exit description: &lt;" .. exit_description .."&gt;")

  -- END -- Do what you want at this point.  

  s,e,m = new_s, new_e, new_m
end</send>
  </trigger>
</triggers>

<triggers>
  <trigger
   enabled="y"
   match="^\s+([NSWEUD]|[NS][EW])-\w.*"
   regexp="y"
   send_to="12"
   sequence="100"
  >
  <send>

require "re"

exitsGrammar = re.compile[[
  ExitLine         &lt;- {| (" "+ Exit)+ |}
  Direction        &lt;- ( [NS] [EW] ) / [NSEWUD] "-" 
  Exit             &lt;- { Direction (. !Direction)+  }
]]

exits = exitsGrammar:match ("%0")

for k, v in ipairs (exits) do
  print (v)
end -- for

</send>
  </trigger>
</triggers>

  ExitLine         <- {| (" " Exit)+ |}

  Direction        <- ( [NS] [EW] ) / [NSEWUD] "-" 

  Exit             <- { Direction (. !Direction)+  }

N-Battered and gouged wooden door
S-Selduth Street 
W-Inn of the Drip
U-Secon Floor of

pattern error near '| (" "+ Exit)+ |}
  D...'
stack traceback:
	[C]: in function 'error'
	X:\MUSHclient\lua\re.lua:85: in function <X:\MUSHclient\lua\re.lua:81>
	[C]: in function 'match'
	X:\MUSHclient\lua\re.lua:200: in function 'compile'
	[string "Trigger: "]:8: in main chunk

require "re"

exitsGrammar = re.compile[[
  ExitLine		<- {| (" "+ Exit)+ |}
  Direction		<- ( [NS] [EW] ) / [NSEWUD] "-" 
  Exit			<- { Direction (. !Direction)+  }
]]

exits = exitsGrammar:match ("%0")

for k, v in ipairs (exits) do
  print (v)
end -- for