Posted by shimmyshack on 06/05/07 01:54

On Jun 5, 2:18 am, nel <NajibKa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have two tags:
> <!--// Remove Begin //--> and <!--// Remove End //-->
>
> I want to use regi_replace() to remove everything between these tags.
>
> The thing is, these tags can be repeated throughout the code.
>
> <!--// Remove Begin //-->(.+)<!--// Remove End //--> works, but only
> if the tags exists once. Otherwise, it parses out everything between
> the first <!--// Remove Begin //--> and the last <!--// Remove End //--
>
> >.
>
> How could i modify this so that it will...
>
> convert: aaa<!--// Remove Begin //-->bbb <!--// Remove End //-->ccc<!--// Remove Begin //-->ddd<!--// Remove End //-->
>
> into: aaaccc
>
> ??

you need to add a rule: "remove .+ but not if .+ contains the end
marker <!--// Remove End //-->
I am assuming you are doing this inside a [webpage?] where < or
possibly <!-- will be present WITHIN the sections to be removed, so
bbb
could be
<!--comment--><b>hello</>bb
If html will not be present you could simply use a NOT instruction to
look for <
[^<]+

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