hi,

 i tried to parse xml file like :

<northwind>
  <Customers CustomerID="AAAAA">
    <CompanyName>BXSW</CompanyName>
  </Customers>
  <Customers CustomerID="ADVCA">
    <CompanyName>AdventureWorks Cafe</CompanyName>
  </Customers>
  <Customers CustomerID="ALFKI">
    <CompanyName>Alfreds Futterkiste</CompanyName>
  </Customers>
 </northwind>

 i want all "Customers" and their content, so i tried this :

<Customers\b[^>]*>(.*?)</Customers>
 

But, in appareance, the new line, carriage return and spaces make wrong result (because the same regex with xml file in one line works)

So, how include and fixe my expression to include this special caracters ?

 

 I hope it's comprehensive (newbie in regular expression and english expression it's so strong ),

thanks for your reply
 

What app/lang are you using this regex in?

Either replace . with [\S\s] or enable the regex singleline option in your app/lang.

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If you are parsing XML you should use Xpath instead of a regex.

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Michael

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