CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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user2626431
user2626431

Reputation: 457

regex match after given string

{{"name":"alpha",
 "age":"23",
 "sex":male",
 "location":"U.S"
 }
 {"name":"beta",
 "age":"23",
 "sex":male",
 "location":"Cambodia"
}}

If I give a name, my regex should return the location for that name. Suppose the name is given as a variable, then I try,

"name":"alpha"[\d\D]*"location":"(.+?)"

I always get the last location with this expression. How can I get the location based on the name? Any help?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 83

Answers (1)

Mecki
Mecki

Reputation: 132879

You always get the last one because [\d\D]* is matching everything in between and Regexes try to always match as much as possible. If your Regex engine knows about non-greedy matches (and it looks like it does because you use a non-greedy match at the location yourself: +?), you should be able to use this:

"name":"alpha"[\d\D]*?"location":"(.+?)"

Upvotes: 2

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