C# Question
Regex Non-Greedy
I'm attempting to non-greedily parse out TD tags. I'm starting with something like this:
<TD>stuff<TD align="right">More stuff<TD align="right>Other stuff<TD>things<TD>more things
I'm using the below as my regex:
Regex.Split(tempS, @"\<TD[.\s]*?\>");
The records return as below:
""
"stuff<TD align="right">More stuff<TD align="right>Other stuff"
"things"
"more things"
Why is it not splitting that first full result (the one starting with "stuff")? How can I adjust the regex to split on all instances of the TD tag with or without parameters?
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Answer Source
The regex you want is <TD[^>]*>:
< # Match opening tag
TD # Followed by TD
[^>]* # Followed by anything not a > (zero or more)
> # Closing tag
Note: . matches anything (including whitespace) so [.\s]*? is redundant and wrong as [.] matches a literal . so use .*?.
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