Hi all monks

I've been scratching my head for an hour now and I give up..
Got a text that I need to match with two reg.exp. but the first one finds both ... Here's the code
my $var = qq{onChange="[document.approveform.command.value='approve'; 
+document.approveform.submit();]" onClick="[if (this.disabled) {alert(
+'some text!');}]"};

my ($onchange,$onclick);
if ($var =~ /onChange/) {
$var =~ /onChange\=\"\[(,*)\]\"/;
$onchange = $1;
}
if ($var =~ /onClick/) {
$var =~ /onClick\=\"\[(.*)\]\"/;
$onclick = $1;
}

Results:
 >> $onchange = whole $var exept the start >> onChange="[ <<
    and in the end >> ]" <<
 >> $onclick = just the onClick part, just as it should be.

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I understand that the onChange reg.exp is greedy and continues all the way to the end of the onClick part,, but how do I stop it earlier?

Thanks in advance..

Regards

In reply to Regular expression problem by jockel

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