I am trying to extraxt some text from a file using a regular expression. It is not behaving as expected and am totally perplexed as to why. Here is an excerpt of the text
1. Top Story: Dynegy in Agreement to Get Enron Pipeline 2. M&A: Newmont-Normandy, Hewlett-Compaq, Pax TV, WorldCom 3. Investment Banking: Goldman, Sandler, Merrill Lynch 4. I.P.O.s/Offerings: Sirius Satellite Radio, Neuer Markt 5. Venture Capital: Lucent-Coller Capital, EM.TV 6. Private Equity: HSBC, Canada 3000, Edel Music, Kumho Tire 7. Legal: GE Capital Aviation, EchoStar-DirecTV 8. Correction: Daily Deal Echostar-DirecTV Article /------------------advertisement--------------\ I want to extract the numbered list. here is the regex I am using to do it: m!((\d\.\s\D+)+)/[-]+advertisement! For some reason this starts matching at number 7. If I eliminate everything after / the regex matches from 1 to the / in item 4. I am totally perplexed as to why this is happening. If anyone has insite, I would be most appreciative. Thanks Peter Cline Inet Developer New York Times Digital
