If you're using CFMX, you want something like this:

(\[quote who="([^"]*)"\].*?\[/quote\]*)

HTH

--Ben

Tony Hicks wrote:
> Hi guys, been a long time since I posted here.
> 
> I'm trying to write some bbml-style code.. Its working great for tags
> that don't have closing counterparts.. but for ones that do, I have a
> problem.
> 
> My text is:
> 
> [quote who="Tony1"]Quote 1[/quote]
> [quote who="Tony2"]Quote 2[/quote]
> [quote who="Tony3"][quote who="Tony4"]Quote 4[/quote][/quote]
> 
> My regex is:
> 
> (\[quote who="([^"]*)"\][/quote].*\[/quote\]*)
> 
> What I'd like it to do is replace each line with something.. The
> problem is that it finds the entire thing... all four quotes.. so the
> quoted text is:
> 
> ---Begin---
> Quote 1[/quote]
> [quote who="Tony2"]Quote 2[/quote]
> [quote who="Tony3"][quote who="Tony4"]Quote 4[/quote]
> ---End---
> 
> I would assume, of course, that the regex should find the first
> match..  Is there a way to do this? I've seen Depressed Press of
> Boston's code and its good.. but like the author has said, its huge...
> its slow for a tool, but its quick for what it is.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> 

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