Non- greedy regex question

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my $ppc_pat     = qr/<bidListing\sbidId=\"\d+\"/;
my $ppc_pat_2     = qr/<\/bidListing/;

my (@ar) = $xml =~ /($ppc_pat).+?$ppc_pat_2/g;
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I want to collect all occurencies of $ppc_pat when after some set of symbols it is concluded with $ppc_pat_2. I thought if I put .+? this will serve my purpose. But it does not work.

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Re: Non- greedy regex question by state-o-dis-array (Hermit) on Dec 02, 2010 at 23:03 UTC
With $xml set as `my $xml = '<bidListing bidId="1234">other stuff here</bidListing>more +stuff here<bidListing bidId="5678">other stuff here</bidListing>';` [download] it works for me. I think that some sample data and better explanation of "it does not work" will help someone provide a solution. And have you considered using one of the xml modules instead of regex?	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Non- greedy regex question by yuvanbala (Initiate) on Dec 03, 2010 at 06:49 UTC
you can use XML::LibXML module for this work Thanks And Regards, yuvanbala	[reply]