Sheesh, -1 reputation abounds on this one..

Ok, I'm parsing USMTF, it has repeatable fields all through it. I can use split, but I have non-repeatable fields that require more delicate processing..

Doing a split will ignore much of the value of parsing using a regex. The problem is, the target text I am matching against is not fixed length, not even fixed patterns. The last few elements can be repeated infinitely.. I guess I'll go back to mastering regular expressions v2 and see if I missed something..

Thank you for your time..

ps. I am forced to using Cold Fusion MX, which is powered by Jrun, which uses the oro module. I prefer Perl to solving problems, but I have to take care of this first..

In reply to Re: (jeffa) 3Re: More Variable length regex issues by dextius
in thread More Variable length regex issues by dextius

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