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Walker
Walker

Reputation: 5189

Vb.Net - Having Problems Extracting Wildcard Value

I've been having problems extracting the value of a Regex in a String. I have a string with several regex expressions and I need to get the value of each expression's match. The thing is though, it's not returning the last match correctly. For example:

Regex Pattern: I play (\S+.*?) and (\S+.*?)

String: I play the guitar and the bass

The program is returning the value of the first expression as "the guitar" but it's returning the value of the second expression as "the" instead of "the bass". Is there a way to fix this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 94

Answers (3)

MRAB
MRAB

Reputation: 20654

Try: I play (\S+.*) and (\S+.*).

Upvotes: 2

Icemanind
Icemanind

Reputation: 48686

Try this: I play (\S+.+) and (\S+.+)

Upvotes: 0

GSerg
GSerg

Reputation: 78185

Well, you ask for a match with a minimum length using the .*?, so there you go.

It works fine for the first group becase and is an anchor. For the second group, there's no anchor, thus the minimum match.

Try adding the end of string marker as an anchor: I play (\S+.*?) and (\S+.*?)$

Upvotes: 1

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