RegExp.Ungreedy (gb.pcre)
Const Ungreedy As Integer = 262144 ' &H40000
Inverts the greediness of each quantifier. Every quantifier has a greedy and an ungreedy variant, e.g. the "+" quantifier is greedy and its ungreedy variant is "+?". Setting the Ungreedy flag converts all greedy variants to ungreedy ones and vice versa. It does
not make all quantifiers ungreedy.
Example
Private Function Apply(Pattern As String, Subject As String, Optional CompileFlags As Integer) As String
Dim rExp As New RegExp(Subject, Pattern, CompileFlags)
Return rExp.Text
End
Public Sub Main()
Print Apply("a.+b", "aabaaaab")
Print Apply("a.+b", "aabaaaab", RegExp.Ungreedy) ' make "+" into "+?"
Print Apply("a.+?b", "aabaaaab")
Print Apply("a.+?b", "aabaaaab", RegExp.Ungreedy) ' make "+?" into "+"
End
aabaaaab
aab
aab
aabaaaab