Or use the non-greedy operator "?": (?i)<a .*?>(.*)?</a>
The "(?i) prefix means to ignore case; adding the "?" means that the regex will match the first time in encounters ">" and "</a>" - rather than looking for the longest possible match. S. On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 18:06:00 -0500, Kyle McAbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Avian Liao and JMeter Users List: > > A regular expression can extract the value between "<a>" and "</a>". That is > one of the commonest tasks we can use regular expressions for. > > To extract " Avian's testing " or "Today " from the examples in Avian's > message: > > Target: <A HREF=...>target_text</A> > Regex: <A HREF=[^>]+>([^<]+)</A> > > Note how [^>]+> in the above works: "^>" means a character that is NOT ">"; > and [^>]+ means one or more characters that are not ">". So if the regular > expression matches all characters that are not ">", followed by ">", it > matches all characters up to ">", but not including ">". The technique is > used twice, once to identify the anchor reference tag and once to identify > the text after the anchor reference and capture the text in a group. > > To extract the value of "&_oBjEcT_Event_Var=", try this. You can see that the > same technique is used again. > &_oBjEcT_Event_Var=([^']+)' > > Using regular expressions to detect or extract strings describes virtually > all of my testing. You might consider learning more about regular > expressions. The Web is filled with tutorials on the subject, which is how I > got started. And practice! Regular expressions are not only useful, they are > fun. You will also find that regular expressions are built into many Java > products, and even some Windows products, like TextPad. > > Sincerely yours, > > Kyle > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Liao, Avian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 4:19 PM > To: Jmeter Question (E-mail) > Subject: Can regular expression extract the value between <a> </a> > > Hi, all, > > If I need to extract the value after "_object_Event_var = " and also belong > to hyperlink "Avian's testing" , can Jmeter's regular expression extractor do > it? In my page, the value after "_object_Event_Var" change every time when I > execute this page, so I need to use regular expression to catch the value, > also, it would be nice to know which value that I grab(e.g. the value belongs > to Avian's test or Today). I tried several way, but the best I can do is just > use regular expression to catch the whatever value it return. But, in this > way, I have no full control of my test script, since I did not know where the > next page will go. Anyone has similar problems? > > <A > HREF='https://erfx.uat.enporion.com/instance/processPost?_processid=3FFBE12D-2433-B334-0FF8-C3E79F5D496F&_component=Main_Page&_selfLoadingURL=%2Fdcrfxeventwizard%2FMain_Page%2Feventgui.jsp&_oBjEcT_Event_Var=ref%3A%3AEvent_LC%5B3FFBE12D-2433-C7C6-390A-03EBBF79B03E%5D'> > Avian's testing </A> > > <A > HREF='https://erfx.uat.enporion.com/instance/processPost?_processid=3FFBE12D-2433-B334-0FF8-C3E79F5D496F&_component=Main_Page&_selfLoadingURL=%2Fdcrfxeventwizard%2FMain_Page%2Feventgui.jsp&_oBjEcT_Event_Var=ref%3A%3AEvent_LC%5B3FFBE12D-243A-DBD2-623F-C07B31A1EBA3%5D'>Today > </A> > > Avian Liao > Software Programmer > > 813-864-8198 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
