regex help

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Tem

i need a regex that matches either
/ABC/
or
/ABC/DEF/

I came up with
/(.*)/(.*)/

how do i make the second part optional?
thx
Tem
 
Tem said:
i need a regex that matches either
/ABC/
or
/ABC/DEF/

I came up with
/(.*)/(.*)/

how do i make the second part optional?
Click to expand...

? and ?? means 0 or 1 occurrences.

Arne

PS: . also match / !
 
I tried

/(.*)/?(.*)?/

to match

/ABC/
/ABC/DEF/

/ABC/ returned ABC and null which is correct
but /ABC/DEF/ returned ABC/DEF and null
is should return ABC and DEF

thanks
 
Tem said:
I tried

/(.*)/?(.*)?/

to match

/ABC/
/ABC/DEF/

/ABC/ returned ABC and null which is correct
but /ABC/DEF/ returned ABC/DEF and null
is should return ABC and DEF
Click to expand...

Did you note the PS ?

Try with [^/]* instead of .* !

Arne
 

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