Re^3: Regex Problem - alternative searched

... but as I am a purist in some cases, ...

Sometimes you have to sacrifice purity for practicality, especially in order to circumvent a bug/limitation in other peoples code. I tried to think of an alternative, to your regex, but anything I thought might work was inevitably more complex and therefore likely to exasperate the bug/limitation that is preventing you from using the 'right' solution.

Can Java regex can handle non-capturing grouping and negative lookbehinds?

If so, m[] might bypass the bug?

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

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Re^4: Regex Problem - alternative searched by Skeeve (Parson) on May 18, 2007 at 14:32 UTC
THANKS! A slight modification seems to work: `(?s)<!--(.(?<!--))-->` At first it appears a bit odd because of the negative lookbehind which looks like an XML Comment start ;-) `s$$([},&%#}/&/]+}%&{});#$&&s&&$^X.($'^"%]=\&(\|?{%` `+`.+=%;.#_}\&"^"-+%).}%:##%}={~=~:.")&e&&s""`$''`"e	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Regex Problem - alternative searched by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on May 18, 2007 at 14:57 UTC
That works for Java? Cos it doesn't here. Though I have no idea what `(?s)` does, or what the equivalent perl would be, so I omitted it. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply] [d/l]
Re^6: Regex Problem - alternative searched by Skeeve (Parson) on May 18, 2007 at 15:16 UTC
I'm astonished you don't know (?s). It's the same as .../s just inside the regex. It makes the . match lineends too in telling the regex to treat the text as a (?s)-ingle line instead of (?m)-ultiple lines. search for "imsx-imsx" in perldoc perlre `s$$([},&%#}/&/]+}%&{});#$&&s&&$^X.($'^"%]=\&(\|?{%` `+`.+=%;.#_}\&"^"-+%*).}%:##%}={~=~:.")&e&&s""`$''`"e	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^7: Regex Problem - alternative searched by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on May 18, 2007 at 15:33 UTC