> Text:
>=====================
><script1>
> ***stuff A
></script1>
>
> ***more stuff
>
><script2>
> ***stuff B
></script2>
>
>=====================
>
> Regex:
><script>[\s\S]+</script>
>
> I use "[\s\S]" intead of "." because there is newline char
> within the text.
>
>
> The regex above will give me the match from <script1> to
> </script2> instead of two separated matches.
>
> How do I extract <script1> ... </script1> and <script2> ...
> </script2> as a separted matches?

"Chris R. Timmons" <crtimmons@X_NOSPAM_Xcrtimmonsinc.com> wrote in message
news:Xns94BEEE7EA30EDcrtimmonscrtimmonsin@207.46.248.16...
> "Du Dang" <vietquest@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:ZW5bc.14231$kc2.299185@nnrp1.uunet.ca:
>
> > Text:
> >=====================
> ><script1>
> > ***stuff A
> ></script1>
> >
> > ***more stuff
> >
> ><script2>
> > ***stuff B
> ></script2>
> >
> >=====================
> >
> > Regex:
> ><script>[\s\S]+</script>
> >
> > I use "[\s\S]" intead of "." because there is newline char
> > within the text.
> >
> >
> > The regex above will give me the match from <script1> to
> > </script2> instead of two separated matches.
> >
> > How do I extract <script1> ... </script1> and <script2> ...
> > </script2> as a separted matches?
>
> Du,
>
> You can use the "." character to match a newline if you use the
> RegexOptions.Singleline option.
>
> Try this:
>
>
> string inputText = @"
> <script1>
> ***stuff A
> </script1>
>
> ***more stuff
>
> <script2>
> ***stuff B
> </script2>";
>
> string regex = @"<script\d>(?<contents>.*?)</script\d>";
>
> MatchCollection mc = Regex.Matches(inputText, regex,
> RegexOptions.Singleline |
> RegexOptions.IgnoreCase |
> RegexOptions.IgnorePatternWhitespace);
>
> foreach (Match m in mc)
> Console.WriteLine(m.Groups["contents"].ToString());
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Chris.
> -------------
> C.R. Timmons Consulting, Inc.
> http://www.crtimmonsinc.com/

> Thanks Chris, it works like a charm.
>
> //(?<contents>.*?)
> one thing I don't understand .. why the second question mark is
> there? my understanding of naming a regex is
> (?<name_here>expression_here)
>
> I tried to removed the second question mark and the expression
> stop working

"Chris R. Timmons" <crtimmons@X_NOSPAM_Xcrtimmonsinc.com> wrote in message
news:Xns94BEEE7EA30EDcrtimmonscrtimmonsin@207.46.248.16...
> "Du Dang" <vietquest@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:ZW5bc.14231$kc2.299185@nnrp1.uunet.ca:
>
> > Text:
> >=====================
> ><script1>
> > ***stuff A
> ></script1>
> >
> > ***more stuff
> >
> ><script2>
> > ***stuff B
> ></script2>
> >
> >=====================
> >
> > Regex:
> ><script>[\s\S]+</script>
> >
> > I use "[\s\S]" intead of "." because there is newline char
> > within the text.
> >
> >
> > The regex above will give me the match from <script1> to
> > </script2> instead of two separated matches.
> >
> > How do I extract <script1> ... </script1> and <script2> ...
> > </script2> as a separted matches?
>
> Du,
>
> You can use the "." character to match a newline if you use the
> RegexOptions.Singleline option.
>
> Try this:
>
>
> string inputText = @"
> <script1>
> ***stuff A
> </script1>
>
> ***more stuff
>
> <script2>
> ***stuff B
> </script2>";
>
> string regex = @"<script\d>(?<contents>.*?)</script\d>";
>
> MatchCollection mc = Regex.Matches(inputText, regex,
> RegexOptions.Singleline |
> RegexOptions.IgnoreCase |
> RegexOptions.IgnorePatternWhitespace);
>
> foreach (Match m in mc)
> Console.WriteLine(m.Groups["contents"].ToString());
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Chris.
> -------------
> C.R. Timmons Consulting, Inc.
> http://www.crtimmonsinc.com/

"Brian Davis" <@> wrote in message
news:#fSZDiPGEHA.3772@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>
> In addition, you can use a named backreference to make sure that you don't
> match anything like "<script1>....</script2>":
>
> <script(?<num>\d+)>(?<contents>.*?)</script\k<num>>
>
>
> Brian Davis
> http://www.knowdotnet.com
>
>
>
> "Chris R. Timmons" <crtimmons@X_NOSPAM_Xcrtimmonsinc.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns94BEEE7EA30EDcrtimmonscrtimmonsin@207.46.248.16...
> > "Du Dang" <vietquest@hotmail.com> wrote in
> > news:ZW5bc.14231$kc2.299185@nnrp1.uunet.ca:
> >
> > > Text:
> > >=====================
> > ><script1>
> > > ***stuff A
> > ></script1>
> > >
> > > ***more stuff
> > >
> > ><script2>
> > > ***stuff B
> > ></script2>
> > >
> > >=====================
> > >
> > > Regex:
> > ><script>[\s\S]+</script>
> > >
> > > I use "[\s\S]" intead of "." because there is newline char
> > > within the text.
> > >
> > >
> > > The regex above will give me the match from <script1> to
> > > </script2> instead of two separated matches.
> > >
> > > How do I extract <script1> ... </script1> and <script2> ...
> > > </script2> as a separted matches?
> >
> > Du,
> >
> > You can use the "." character to match a newline if you use the
> > RegexOptions.Singleline option.
> >
> > Try this:
> >
> >
> > string inputText = @"
> > <script1>
> > ***stuff A
> > </script1>
> >
> > ***more stuff
> >
> > <script2>
> > ***stuff B
> > </script2>";
> >
> > string regex = @"<script\d>(?<contents>.*?)</script\d>";
> >
> > MatchCollection mc = Regex.Matches(inputText, regex,
> > RegexOptions.Singleline |
> > RegexOptions.IgnoreCase |
> > RegexOptions.IgnorePatternWhitespace);
> >
> > foreach (Match m in mc)
> > Console.WriteLine(m.Groups["contents"].ToString());
> >
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Chris.
> > -------------
> > C.R. Timmons Consulting, Inc.
> > http://www.crtimmonsinc.com/
>
>

"Chris R. Timmons" <crtimmons@X_NOSPAM_Xcrtimmonsinc.com> wrote in message
news:Xns94BFEF150F4A9crtimmonscrtimmonsin@207.46.248.16...
> "Du Dang" <vietquest@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:1krbc.14882$kc2.305674@nnrp1.uunet.ca:
>
> > Thanks Chris, it works like a charm.
> >
> > //(?<contents>.*?)
> > one thing I don't understand .. why the second question mark is
> > there? my understanding of naming a regex is
> > (?<name_here>expression_here)
> >
> > I tried to removed the second question mark and the expression
> > stop working
>
> Quantifiers like + and * are "greedy". They will match as many
> characters as they can. The question mark makes the quantifiers non-
> greedy, so they match the minimum number of characters required for a
> successful match.
>
> A utility like Expresso
> (http://www12.brinkster.com/ultrapico/Expresso.htm) can help in
> understanding how greedy and non-greedy quantifiers behave.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Chris.
> -------------
> C.R. Timmons Consulting, Inc.
> http://www.crtimmonsinc.com/