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dmonasse · 12-23-2014, 08:28 AM

Look at the Python module "re" documentation at https://docs.python.org/2/howto/regex.html#regex-howto
and you shall read:
the solution is to use the non-greedy qualifiers *?, +?, ??, or {m,n}?, which match as little text as possible.

12-23-2014, 08:28 AM	#3
dmonasse Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Paris Device: ipad 2, Ubuntu	Look at the Python module "re" documentation at https://docs.python.org/2/howto/regex.html#regex-howto and you shall read: the solution is to use the non-greedy qualifiers ?, +?, ??, or {m,n}?, which match as little text as possible.*