Hello Fellow Monks;

I'm having a difficult time trying to get REGEX to stop after finding the first occurence of a string. I am extracting title information from an SGML file, and the regex is only returning partial information.

I'm using the following regex.

m/\s(?:-\s)?([\w\s\d()-,]{1,75})<\/title>/
against the following data.
<title>GRP -134 - Grinding And Cutting Solution (ACME PR50 - Water Typ
+e) </title>
<title> GRP-123-1 - Grinding And Cutting Solution (Quakeroat 2780 UTC 
+- Synthetic Type)</title>
<title> GRP-124 - Alkaline Rust Remover Solution</title>
<title> GRP-124-1 - Alkaline Rust Remover Solution (Ardvark 185 - Rust
+ Remover)</title>
<title> GRP-124-2 - Alkaline Rust Remover Solution (Ardvark 185L - Rus
+t Remover)</title>
<title> GRP-124-3 - Alkaline Rust Remover Solution (Bee-Dee J84AL - Ru
+st Remover)</title>
<title> GRP-124-4 - Alkaline Rust Remover Solution (Mag HD2-202 - Rust
+ Remover)</title>
<title> GRP-124-5 - Alkaline Rust Remover Solution (Turk 4181L - Rust 
+Remover)</title>
<title> GRP-124-6 - Alkaline Rust Remover Solution (Turk 4181 - Rust R
+emover)</title>
<title> GRP-124-7 - Alkaline Rust Remover Solution (Bee-Dee J84A - Rus
+t Remover)</title>
<title> GRP-124-8 - Alkaline Rust Remover Solution (Cadilac HTP-1150 -
+ Rust Remover)</title>
<title> GRP-124-9 - Alkaline Rust Remover Solution (Cadilac HTP-1150L 
+- Rust Remover)</title>
<title> GRP-124-10 - Alkaline Rust Remover (Titanium Long Soak)";

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Instead of getting "Grinding and Cutting Solution (ACME PR50 - Water Type)", I'm only getting "Water Type)", because of the second occurence of the " - " in the data. I know there is a way to make the regex only see the first occurence and then pass me all of the rest of the text up until </title>.

I've looked at Perlre and http://www.regular-expressions.info/quickstart.html

Thanks.

Note: Added more examples
-- Grey Fox
"We are grey. We stand between the darkness and the light" B5

In reply to Regex only returning partial data by Grey Fox

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