Re^2: Multiple Capture Groups in RegEx

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Re^3: Multiple Capture Groups in RegEx by shmem (Chancellor) on Apr 24, 2009 at 00:29 UTC
as for the . it works, I could use .+ it works too* See perlre and look for greediness too, e.g `m/.+?/`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Multiple Capture Groups in RegEx by ELISHEVA (Prior) on Apr 24, 2009 at 06:05 UTC
It works ... until you have four comma delimited fields instead of three before the final digit field. `.` is best used when you care about the beginning and the end of a string but not the stuff in between. A better way is:`([^,],)` for the comma delimited fields you care about, and a regex that carefully matches the pattern of the multiple semicolon delimited fields, such as `((?:\w;\s+))`: `^([^,],)((?:\w;\s+))([^,],)([^,],)([^,],).,(\d)$` [download] Note the use of `.` to skip past any extra fields before the final digit field. Using `[^,]` instead of `.` means you only grab up to (and not including) the next comma and no more. Best, beth	[reply] [d/l] [select]