CODEWITHSUNDEEP
regex
Kshitiz Sharma
Kshitiz Sharma

Reputation: 18597

Regex ignores quote character

I have this text - 

[Event "F/S Return Match"]

This is my regex - 

\[.*"

The match is - 

[Event "F/S Return Match"

I was expecting - 

[Event "

Why is the first quote being ignored?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 65

Answers (1)

anubhava
anubhava

Reputation: 785058

Make it non-greedy regex:

\[.*?"

Or better use negation:

\[[^"]*"

Upvotes: 4

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