Regex Matches only getting count 1 instead of 2

Question

This is my Regex:

private static Regex _errorRegex = new Regex(" <div class=\"styleRed\">(?<message>.*?)</div>", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Singleline | RegexOptions.Compiled);

and the webpage has data like:

<div class="styleRed">• Zero is required in the Consideration Field for Deed Type CEDOT (Row 1). </div><div class="styleRed">• Zero is required in the Assume/Value Field for Deed Type CEDOT (Row 1). </div>


var matches = _errorRegex.Matches(webpage);

the matches count is always 1. Any idea what am I missing?

This calls for a link to my favorite SO answer http://stackoverflow.com/a/1732454/860585 — Rotem, Jun 06 '13 at 10:38
Can you post enough of the webpage to show that it should match twice? — , Jun 06 '13 at 10:39
@dlf: Basically I am trying to find all text inside *
blah blah
* within all occurences. — Jack, Jun 06 '13 at 10:41
Have you looked at what it is actually matching? The `.*` is probably being greedy and matching everything until the last ``. — juharr, Jun 06 '13 at 10:43
@juharr, nope, he is already using the non-greedy version (`.*?`). — , Jun 06 '13 at 10:44

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 06 '13 at 10:42

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Your regex pattern starts with a space.

In your example, the second div on the HTML page doesn't have a space before it.

Hence, it doesn't match.

answered Jun 06 '13 at 10:42

Regex Matches only getting count 1 instead of 2

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