regex problem

[ex]

hi i'm having a problem with regex

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return [regexp "^.*test(.+?)test.*" "testlalatest"]

returns 1.
so far so good.

but if i extend the string an the matchstring it is not working anymore.

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#normally the code is in one line - but it's much more easy to read now :)#
return [regexp 
"^.*<td><a class=\"orangelink\" href=\"/news/showdetail.aspx?news_id=1\">test(.+?)test.*" 
"<td><a class=\"orangelink\" href=\"/news/showdetail.aspx?news_id=1\">testlalatest"
]

as you can see ... i just added sume htmlstuff in the front. but suddenly it returns 0


is there a limit of the stringlength or did i something wrong?

[De Kus]

you forgot to escape "?" in the html code. btw. you should use {} braces around the re expressions, this makes even the escaping of the " quotes redudant .
besides... whats the meaning of "?" in "(.+?)"?

[greenbear]

the ? it makes it stop after the first match.

[ex]

argh. damn must have overseen it in the manual.


grml then it is quite clear why i tried 4 hours with no result.

[ex]

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return [regexp 
{</tt>: <a class="link" href="http://www.eggheads.org/redirect.php?url=(.+)">(.+)</a>} 
{004 ]</tt>: <a class="link" href="http://www.eggheads.org/redirect.php?url=http://www.eggheads.org/news/2004/08/23/31">Eggdrop 1.6.17 released</a><br} 
tmp url news];

ok i changed it. but still it returns 0 after entering long strings.



the following works fine:

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return [regexp {lala(.+)la(.+)a} {lala123lala}]

[ex]

solved.
the { } still needs the escape of ?

i missunderstood this.


thank you all