REGEX must include substring [duplicate]

Question

I'm trying to find the word: <*hasburnt*> in the string below using the this regex: <\*.*(bur).*\*>

But it gives me both <*hasburnt*> <*electrical*>. How do I just get <*hasburnt*> ?

bench testedstarter, starter just makes noise, and <*hasburnt*> <*electrical*> smell.

Oleksii Filonenko · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-20 18:26:29Z

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Try this: /<.*?(bur).*?>/

The reason for ? here is because .* tries to match as much characters as possible, so it also matches <electrical. .*? makes it lazy - trying to match as little as possible, and as such ending the match at <hasburnt>.

EDIT: using ? for the first .* would make <hasburnt> independent of positions of similar strings.

edited May 20, 2019 at 18:26

answered May 20, 2019 at 18:24

Oleksii Filonenko

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3 Comments

Nicolas Budig Over a year ago

maybe even <.*?(bur).*?>, in case of <electrical> <hasburnt>

Oleksii Filonenko Over a year ago

@NicolasBudig You're right, thanks. Edited.

rsajdak Over a year ago

The original string has * after the <.

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