Re: Find/Chng every <any>

if you have a string <a>b<c>, then the .* matches a>b<c, not just a. If you want avoid that, use [^<>]* instead of .*.

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Re^2: Find/Chng every <any> by nvivek (Vicar) on Sep 04, 2010 at 03:56 UTC
It should be `[^<>]+` not `[^<>]` because means 0 or more occurrence of previous character in regular expression of Perl.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Find/Chng every <any> by Anonymous Monk on Sep 05, 2010 at 03:18 UTC
Unless, of course, "any text" can include an empty string.	[reply]


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