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rated 0 times [ 45] [ 1] / answers: 1 / hits: 29758 / 10 Years ago, sat, january 24, 2015, 12:00:00

I want to find a specific pattern inside a string.

The pattern: ({$.+$})

Example matche: {$ test $}

The problem I have is when the text has 2 matches on the same line. It returns one match. Example: this is a {$ test $} content {$ another test $}

This returns 1 match: {$ test $} content {$ another test $}

It should returns 2 matches:
{$ test $} and {$ another test $}

Note: I'm using Javascript

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answered 10 Years ago magaly · Accepted Answer

Problem is that your regex ({$.+$}) is greedy in nature when you use .+ that's why it matches longest match between {$ and }$.

To fix the problem make your regex non-greedy:

({$.+?$})

Or even better use negation regex:

({$[^$]+$})