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Old 28.02.2016, 03:51
Kino Kino is offline
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Default Regex string separation help. (or splitting strings in to pieces)

Hi friends,

Suppose this is my packagename string.
text1-text2

I use (.*)-(.*) as regex rule to split this string.
Result:
<jd:orgpackagename:1> = text1
<jd:orgpackagename:2> = text2


That's good.

But if my packagename has two of "-" character like
text1-text2-text3

then result is:
<jd:orgpackagename:1> = text1-text2
<jd:orgpackagename:2> = text3


if my expectation is using first "-" character as separation point, how regex rule should I use?
In other words, for second case my expectation is this:
<jd:orgpackagename:1> = text1
<jd:orgpackagename:2> = text2-text3


A sample link to test:
**External links are only visible to Support Staff****External links are only visible to Support Staff**

With current rule, for the test link I get this:
<jd:orgpackagename:1> = Moero Knight-Monkey
<jd:orgpackagename:2> = Happy New Year


But my expectation is this:
<jd:orgpackagename:1> = Moero Knight
<jd:orgpackagename:2> = Monkey-Happy New Year


How should I modify my regex rule?
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Old 28.02.2016, 04:09
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Try this: (.*?)-(.*)
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Old 28.02.2016, 20:15
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Default Yes!

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Yes, this is what I'm looking for.
Thanks a lot.

By the way as you may guess, I'm a real and %100 newbie in regex.
Could you please advice me some document or web page as reference (with many examples, if possible)?
I've seen so many programs using regex but I'm completely out because of my ignorance.
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Old 28.02.2016, 20:38
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I suggest to google for regex and wikipedia is a good start
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