I think you should use "g" (global) flag in your regexp.
Adnan
joshuajnoble wrote:
>
> Can any RegEx genius :) tell me whether ActionScript 3 properly
> supports multiple backreferences? The code I'm trying to use is this:
>
> private var headerBackreference:RegExp = /<H([123])>.*?<\/H\1>/;
> private function init():void {
> var s:String = "<BODY><H2>Valid Chocolate</H2> <H2>Valid
> Vanilla</H2> <H2>Invalid HTML</H3></BODY>";
> var a:Array = headerBackreference.exec(s) as Array;
> if(a != null) {
> for(var i:int = 0; i<a.length; i++) {
> trace(a[i]);
> }
> }
> a = s.match(headerBackreference);
> if(a != null) {
> for(var i:int = 0; i<a.length; i++) {
> trace(a[i]);
> }
> }
> }
>
> I'm just trying to determine whether in fact this should return both
> the chocolate and the vanilla, or whether the behavior I see,
> returning just chocolate, is accurate. Thanks,
>
> Josh
>
>
