How to non-greedy multiple lookbehind matches
- by ArtK
Source: <prefix><content1><suffix1><prefix><content2><suffix2>
Engine: PCRE
RegEx1: (?<=<prefix>)(.*)(?=<suffix1>)
RegEx2: (?<=<prefix>)(.*)(?=<suffix2>)
Result1: <content1>
Result2: <content1><suffix1><prefix><content2>
The desired result for RegEx2 is just <content2> but it is obviously greedy.
How do I make RegEx2 non-greedy and use only the last matching lookbehind?
[I hope I have translated this correctly from the NoteTab syntax. I don't do
much RegEx coding. The <prefix>, <content> & <suffix> terms are just meant to represent arbitrary strings. Only the "<" in the "?<=" lookbehind command is significant.]
I suspect it is something simple but after too many hours of searching I'm
giving up on solving it myself.
Thanks for the help
Art