From: Sebastian Hungerecker <sepp2k@...>
Date: 2008-02-21T05:49:17+09:00
Subject: Re: regex question

J. Cooper wrote:
> My current regex is:
> text.scan /^(.*)([-+]?[0-9]+\s+points?)(.*)$/i
> [...]
> My problem is, the (.*) is eating up parts that I would like to appear
> in group 2.

Make it non-greedy: (.*?)

HTH,
Sebastian
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