Hi, I don't think '<' or '>' are meta characters in regular expression match.
"<>" is reserved for opening the files given at command line argument. >>Aside from that, consider using [^<]* and [^>]* in place of .* If we use "[^<]* and [^>]*", regular expression will fail to match pattern like "<script>xxx</script>zzz<script>>>222<></script>" [Pattern having angular brackets beside 222. As we don't know what can precede or succeed '222', it's better we don't give any restriction in the regular expression. ~Ajay -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of yitzle Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 11:53 AM To: Nagrale, Ajay Cc: News Howardz; beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: How to avoid this greedy match? I'm not sure how it works, but I think <> or \<\> is a RegEx reserved character for word matching. Aside from that, consider using [^<]* and [^>]* in place of .* -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
