regular expressions

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If

objRegExp.Pattern = &quot;<b>(.*?)<\/b>&quot;

detects <b>anything</b>

Why doesn't

objRegExp.Pattern = &quot;<a id=(.*?)>&quot;

detect <a id=anything>

Cheers

 

[Custom24]

It does when I try it.
You might have a problem with non-greedy matching. The ? in the pattern is only properly interpreted by the reg exp engine which comes with IE 5.5+ If you are using the one which comes with IE 5, then you will have problems using ?

Hope this helps
Mark

 

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I'm doing this server side using vbscript 5.6

Cheers

 

[Custom24]

Hmmm
On my development machine the version of vbscript.dll is 5.6.0.6626, and the pattern you posted works for me
If you have Visual Studio, there is a regular expression tester you can download as an add-in to VB6. I use it all the time.
It is at

http://www.vb2themax.com/FileBank.asp?PageID=FileBank

about half way down the page.

If not, then maybe you could post your code in the asp page - maybe there's a problem there

Hope this helps
Mark

 

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cheers for the suggestions