If the headline text doesn't contain any HTML, then you could probably
use:
"<font size=2>[^<]*</font><b></p>"
Replacing the .* with [^<]* matches zero or more of any character _except_
for a <, so that section only matches up to the start of the next tag.
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: Owens, Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, June 19, 2000 5:49 PM
Subject: need a non-greedy RegEx
>
>
>I have a series of headlines on an HTML page. Some (but not all) of the
>heads have subheads. I need to strip out the subheads for a list of
>headlines page.
>
>The RegEx I've tried (and I've tried several variations):
>
><cfset newpath=REReplaceNoCase(newpath, "<font size=2>.*</font><b></p>",
>"<br>", "ALL")>
>
>This is too greedy. It grabs everything from the first subhead on the
page
>to the last (including all intervening headlines). I just haven't
figured
>out how to make this not so greedy ... get just the subheads off the page
>and leave all of the headlines.
>
>Suggestions?
>
>H.
>
>
>=========================
>Howard Owens
>Web Producer
>InsideVC.com
>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>=========================
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