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Posted by b007uk on 07/12/06 15:45
Rik wrote:
> b007uk@gmail.com wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> > Could someone please help me with this regular expression,
> > this is the string:
> >
> > <top cellpadding=2 ><tr><td valign=top><b>DVD</b> duel:
> > <b>High</b>-<b>definition</b> showdown<br><font size=-1><font
> > color=6f6f6f>TMCn vxcv etrwerwerwer <br> sdfsd <b> dfasdasd <br>
> > asdasda
> >
> > I need to match everything from <td valign=top> to the first <br>,
> > like this:
> > <td valign=top><b>DVD</b> duel: <b>High</b>-<b>definition</b>
> > showdown<br>
> >
> > These are the expressions i tried:
> >
> > <td valign=top>.*<br>
> > <td valign=top>.*<br>{0,1}
> > <td valign=top>.*<br>{1,1}
> >
> > They all match everything untill the LAST break, and i only need first
> > occurrence of break <br>
> > :(
>
> Searching in this group would have revealed the answer, others and I have
> said it numerous times the last 2 weeks:
>
> Make your * ungreedy by placing a questionmark beside it:
> <td valign=top>.*?<br>
>
> I would have made it:
> '|<td[^>]*valign=top[^>]*>(.*?)<br|si'
>
> Advantages:
> 1. Now the "valign=top" is cheched, but the td tag may get other attributes
> in the future, which will now be no problem.
> 2. I've left the last > of <br> out, to comply with the possibilities of
> <br>, <br/> & <br />.
> 3. Parenthasis around the actual content you like to to get/match, so it can
> be referred to later without extra code.
>
> Grtz,
> --
> Rik Wasmus
Thank you so much!
it works like a charm!
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