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:

 

<?php

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

?>

 

Output:

 

[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?