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Re: str.replace() not catching, need a second set of eyes

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Jason C wrote on 03 okt 2012 in comp.lang.javascript:

> On Wednesday, October 3, 2012 10:51:34 AM UTC-4, Evertjan. wrote:
> 
>> Some ancient browsers, including IE7,
>> do not have nongreedy regex parsing.
> 
> Ouch! I have a significant percentage of my traffic using IE7 (a
> little over 22,000 visitors, which is 9.77%), and even a few using
> IE6. 
> 
> Is there any way to test for that, other than checking for each
> non-compatible browser one-at-a-time? Even if it's just to ignore the
> str.search()  

Yes, 
we all used to make regex without the "non greedy" part
in those old days.

/<.+?>/

or sometimes:

/<[/s/S]+?>/

used to be:

/<[^>]+>/

> so that the Perl processing script can catch it.

Neither cast ye your pearls before swine.

-- 
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

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str.replace() not catching, need a second set of eyes Jason C <jwcarlton@gmail.com> - 2012-10-03 02:25 -0700
  Re: str.replace() not catching, need a second set of eyes "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-03 14:51 +0000
    Re: str.replace() not catching, need a second set of eyes Jason C <jwcarlton@gmail.com> - 2012-10-03 12:36 -0700
      Re: str.replace() not catching, need a second set of eyes Danny <dann90038@gmail.com> - 2012-10-03 13:36 -0700
      Re: str.replace() not catching, need a second set of eyes "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-04 07:47 +0000
        Re: str.replace() not catching, need a second set of eyes Jason C <jwcarlton@gmail.com> - 2012-10-05 01:42 -0700
          Re: str.replace() not catching, need a second set of eyes Dr J R Stockton <reply1240@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-10-06 19:10 +0100

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