Find string between a starting string and first occurrence of a ending string

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From this string:

... Descriere: hauser - un motor ars , in urma reviziei 
anuale echipa sosita in statie a constatat ca unul din 
hausere functioneaza cu un singur motor . </p> Alte... <p>
Reparare efectuat... </p>

I need to get the string between Descriere: and the first occurrence of the </p> string.
I tried: (Descriere: )(.*)(<\/p>) but it gets the entire string, not stopping at first delimiter.

Brad Christie · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-10 13:03:25Z

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You need a non-greedy quantifier (.*?: note the last ?). This will capture as few characters as possible.

answered Jun 10, 2014 at 13:03

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servabat · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-10 13:04:16Z

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Make it non-greedy by adding a quantifier should work :

(Descriere: )(.*?)(<\/p>)

or

(Descriere: )(.*+)(<\/p>)

answered Jun 10, 2014 at 13:04

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