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BigBen · 04-09-2006, 03:03 PM

What's a regular expression that will find all occurences of anything between the following characters: {$ and }

So if I have some text: "The site name is {$site}", I need to match 'site'. It has to be greedy as there may be multiple matches.

Any ideas? Thanks.

J.P. · 04-09-2006, 03:18 PM

try using this:

/\{\$[^\}]+\}/

BTW:
"greedy regexp" does not have anything to do with multiple matches...

if you would use /\{\$.*\}/ on "hello {$site} and a happy new {$what}"

greedy regexp would match a "{$site} and a happy new {$what}" and the non-greedy one would match a "{$site}" and "{$what}"

BigBen · 04-09-2006, 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by J.P.

try using this:

/\{\$[^\}]+\}/

BTW:
"greedy regexp" does not have anything to do with multiple matches...

if you would use /\{\$.*\}/ on "hello {$site} and a happy new {$what}"

greedy regexp would match a "{$site} and a happy new {$what}" and the non-greedy one would match a "{$site}" and "{$what}"

That works perfect, thanks.

J.P. · 04-10-2006, 09:02 AM

no problem, anytime

04-09-2006, 03:03 PM	#1
BigBen Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: scv Posts: 2,299	Anybody know regex? What's a regular expression that will find all occurences of anything between the following characters: {$ and } So if I have some text: "The site name is {$site}", I need to match 'site'. It has to be greedy as there may be multiple matches. Any ideas? Thanks.

04-09-2006, 03:18 PM	#2
J.P. Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 689	try using this: /\{\$[^\}]+\}/ BTW: "greedy regexp" does not have anything to do with multiple matches... if you would use /\{\$.*\}/ on "hello {$site} and a happy new {$what}" greedy regexp would match a "{$site} and a happy new {$what}" and the non-greedy one would match a "{$site}" and "{$what}" __________________ Webmasters! Looking for new affiliate programs to promote? Affiliate Program Search <-- Search for programs with FHGs, RSS feed, specific niche sponsors, ...

04-10-2006, 09:02 AM	#4
J.P. Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 689	no problem, anytime __________________ Webmasters! Looking for new affiliate programs to promote? Affiliate Program Search <-- Search for programs with FHGs, RSS feed, specific niche sponsors, ...