Posted by shimmyshack on 06/05/07 01:56

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
>
> ??

i should have added, google for ungreedy U switch - your matching is
too greedy, and slurps up one giant match rather than many "least"
matches

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