From: Guillermo Riojas <guillermo.riojas@...>
Date: 2010-11-19T21:42:06+09:00
Subject: Multi-line regular expression match question

Hi,

I have been trying to create a solid regular expression to match a
possible multi-line expression without success. So after several hours i
almost got there but not the point i would like, hoping somebody can
point me in the right direction.
Here is an example i am dealing with:

01xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
|-:
<20>ABCD
<30>edfghi212
-|
|-:
<20>EFGH
<30>hjkli3232
-|
89xxxxxxxxxxxxx

I need to match anything that is enclosed in between "|-:" and "-|"
So far i've got "/^\{\|-:$.*^-\|$/m" , this one is greedy, returning the
complete set, instead of each match, i just haven't figure out how to
make it reluctant enough to return one by one.

The returned matches expected must be something like this:

1:
|-:
<20>ABCD
<30>edfghi212
-|

2:
|-:
<20>EFGH
<30>hjkli3232
-|

Currently is returning:
1:

|-:
<20>ABCD
<30>edfghi212
-|
|-:
<20>EFGH
<30>hjkli3232
-|


Any suggestion is greatly appreciated.
And finally, any good regular expressions book ?? =)

Cheers,
guillermo

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