RegEx question 1

[grande]

Hi guys,

I'm having a bit of a RegEx problem, and I was hoping you could help.

I have the following code

ArrayList strArray = new ArrayList();
string strPattern = @"\(.*\)";
foreach (Match m in Regex.Matches(str, strPattern))
    strArray.Add(m.ToString());

I'm trying to get the data out of the brackets in a string that looks like this:
1/4" (.250") - 11/32" (.344")

But what I'm getting is this:
(.250") - 11/32" (.344")

I remember, when first learning about regular expressions in Perl, lo many years ago, there was a way to make the expression "Not Greedy," and only go to the first instance of the character, not the last one.

Can anyone help me out?

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[grande]

I'm not sure if I made this clear. What I'd like to get out is an array with two elements:
.250"
.344"

Sorry if my first post was convoluded.


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[bam720]

Secondly, modern regular expression tools allow a quantifier to be specified as non-greedy, by putting a question mark after the quantifier:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression

string strPattern = @"\(.*\)?";

I think is what you are looking for... My regex is a little rusty as well.

 

[grande]

Yes, that's exactly it. Thank you!

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