Hello there, I'm having trouble constructing a regular expression that
would do the following:
FOO...
...followed by anything but BAR (non-greedy)...
...followed by BAZ (captured)...
...followed by anything but BAR (greedy)...
...followed by BAR
I've been looking at zero-width negative look-ahe
On 3/12/07, Dave Cardwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello there, I'm having trouble constructing a regular expression that
would do the following:
FOO...
...followed by anything but BAR (non-greedy)...
...followed by BAZ (captured)...
...followed by anything but BAR (greedy)...
...followed by B
On 3/12/07, Chas Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The key here is "zero-width". These constructs do not consume any
characters, so they must be combine with patterns that do:
/^FOO(?!BAR).*?(BAZ)(?!BAR).*BAR/
However, this will only work if BAR directly follows FOO. This string
will still m
On 3/12/07, Chas Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 3/12/07, Chas Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The key here is "zero-width". These constructs do not consume any
> characters, so they must be combine with patterns that do:
>
> /^FOO(?!BAR).*?(BAZ)(?!BAR).*BAR/
>
However, this will only wo
Dave Cardwell wrote:
Hello there, I'm having trouble constructing a regular expression that
would do the following:
FOO...
...followed by anything but BAR (non-greedy)...
...followed by BAZ (captured)...
...followed by anything but BAR (greedy)...
...followed by BAR
I've been looking at zero
Chas Owens wrote:
On 3/12/07, Chas Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 3/12/07, Chas Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The key here is "zero-width". These constructs do not consume any
> characters, so they must be combine with patterns that do:
>
> /^FOO(?!BAR).*?(BAZ)(?!BAR).*BAR/
>
However
Rob Dixon wrote:
Dave Cardwell wrote:
Hello there, I'm having trouble constructing a regular expression that
would do the following:
FOO...
...followed by anything but BAR (non-greedy)...
...followed by BAZ (captured)...
...followed by anything but BAR (greedy)...
...followed by BAR
I've be
Dave Cardwell wrote:
Rob Dixon wrote:
Dave Cardwell wrote:
Hello there, I'm having trouble constructing a regular expression
that would do the following:
FOO...
...followed by anything but BAR (non-greedy)...
...followed by BAZ (captured)...
...followed by anything but BAR (greedy)...
...foll
Rob Dixon wrote:
Dave Cardwell wrote:
Rob Dixon wrote:
Dave Cardwell wrote:
Hello there, I'm having trouble constructing a regular expression
that would do the following:
FOO...
...followed by anything but BAR (non-greedy)...
...followed by BAZ (captured)...
...followed by anything but BAR (
