REGEX must include substring

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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 · 2019-05-20T18:26:29.347

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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 '19 at 18:26

answered May 20 '19 at 18:24

Oleksii Filonenko

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maybe even <.*?(bur).*?>, in case of – Nicolas Budig May 20 '19 at 18:26
@NicolasBudig You're right, thanks. Edited. – Oleksii Filonenko May 20 '19 at 18:28
The original string has * after the <. – rsajdak May 20 '19 at 18:29

REGEX must include substring

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