title: regular expression pattern matching objective c
body: <p>I have the following string:</p>
  
  <pre><code>"abbot n. The superior of a community of monks." 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>how would I separate </p>
  
  <pre><code>"abbot" 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and </p>
  
  <pre><code>"n. The superior of a community of monks." 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>effectively? </p>
  
  <p>The logic I would like to use would be something like searching the large string to the first space then splitting the word based on that.</p>
  
  <p>I am writing this in objective-c. </p>
  
  <p>Are there any abstractions that can make it easier for me?</p>