Hi,
I don't think '<' or '>' are meta characters in regular expression match.
"<>" is reserved for opening the files given at command line argument.
>>Aside from that, consider using [^<]* and [^>]* in place of .*
If we use "[^<]* and [^>]*", regular expression will fail to match pattern like
"xxxzzz>>222<>" [Pattern having angular
brackets beside 222.
As we don't know what can precede or succeed '222', it's better we don't give
any restriction in the regular expression.
~Ajay
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Subject: Re: How to avoid this greedy match?
I'm not sure how it works, but I think <> or \<\> is a RegEx reserved
character for word matching.
Aside from that, consider using [^<]* and [^>]* in place of .*
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