From: Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@...32.com>
Date: 2009-11-09T20:39:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Regexp: getting the first found

Ahmad,

Newbie here so take what I have to say with a grain of salt.

Your pattern is "greedy".  To turn it into a lazy pattern add a
question mark thusly ...

/<<(.*)\/Filter(.*?)>>/

(untested)

Ralph


Monday, November 9, 2009, 2:43:12 AM, you wrote:

AA> Hello,

AA> I'm having some problem comprehending the regexp for my current need.

AA> Example input (2 scenario):

AA> 1.

AA> <<
AA> /Filter
AA> /FlateDecode
AA> /Length 4169
>>>
AA> stream
AA> blablabla
AA> endstream

AA> << >>

AA> 2.

AA> <</Filter/FlateDecode/Length 4169>>
AA> stream
AA> blablabla
AA> endstream

AA> << >>

AA> I've trying to get the string after the string /Filter and the first
seen ">>>" by using this regexp: /<<(.*)\/Filter(.*)>>/im

AA> The problem is that, there is two >> in the input and the regexp takes
until the last >>> it detected. How can I make it to get only until the
first >>> that it detects ?

AA> Thank you in advance



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 Ralph                            mailto:ralphs@dos32.com