I would almost bet that awk and sed both use the C language's regex implementation. So I doubt that C (or C++) implements "non greedy" regexps. Personally, I like "pcre"s: Perl Compatable Regular Expressions.
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin Packer > Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 11:00 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Regular Expressions (OMVS) > > Right... This was the kind of workaround for lack of "non > greedy" I was > thinking of. Wondering what the IBM C++ support for > non-greedy (if any) > is. > > Martin > > Martin Packer, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
