Topic: don't use any part of the match in the next match

[brianlange]

Here's my text:

%%match1%% some text %% match2 %% some more text %%match3%%

I want to write an expression like /%%[\w]+%%/
but this will result in a match for %% some text %%
I want to to ignore an character from the previous match.

thanks in advance.

[abareplace]

Hello, Brian,

in most tools, it will not match %%some text%%, because %% is already included in the first match. For example, in PHP:

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<?php

echo preg_replace('/%%(.+?)%%/', '[$1]', '%%match1%% some text %% match2 %% some more text %%match3%%')

?>

Output:

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[match1] some text [ match2 ] some more text [match3]

So, you don't have to worry

[brianlange]

Thanks!

[AyKay47]

do you care whether or not the regex omits spaces?