You're right, that's exactly what I wanted, cheers. I always thought the shortest match for that would be "fish" if you didn't specify a ^
Lousy regexes :) Thanks! -Josh On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 5:52 PM, nkopcsek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sure this will help you: > http://exampledepot.com/egs/java.util.regex/Greedy.html > > If you want the shortest possible match you have to make the > quantifier non-greedy by adding an ?, like: > > /.*?fish/g/ > > > -- "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee." :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald :: 0437 221 380 :: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
