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sterni Deleted Feb 5, 2001, 8:01 AM Post #1 of 2 (696 views) Simple question about [^\]]* Can't Post Hi! I try to get the shortest match for exp. a pair of brackets. Normally It is the longest match and I read somewhere that I don't have to write all the time the stuff with the [^regexp] to get the shortest match and that there is a qualifier to instruct perl to get the shortest match *i

japhy Enthusiast / Moderator Feb 5, 2001, 10:31 AM Post #2 of 2 (694 views) Re: Simple question about [^\]]* [In reply to] Can't Post It sounds like you want to use .*? instead of .*. This isn't specifically the shortest match possible, it's the left-most shortest match possible. Jeff "japhy" Pinyan -- accomplished hacker, teacher, lecturer, and author

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