In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> , Phill Sparks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I need it to match with "the first > after you have found <div"
>Hi Pete, > >I tend to ask reg for any character that is not a >, like this... > >$rep = "/<div[^>]*>/"; > >Phill Thanks for that, but I was looking for a more generic answer. "the first... (anything) after you have found the start of the phrase". I suspected that it was ?, which makes reg "ungreedy", stops it as soon as it can. But I couldn't get the syntax correct, so I assumed that I was wrong. I eventually found this: "/<div(.*?)>/"; The ? is the magic extra touch that was missing. It means "everything from "<div" to the first ">". So I can now use those two as variables in a class that will remove whatever I specify. -- Pete Clark Advertise your events - local and free http://hotcosta.com/events.php
