regular expression matching bug?

PSpad 4.5.6 2427
When replacing <c r=".+?"[^>]+?/> ,
<c r="A4" s="24" t="s"><v>17</v></c><c r="B4" s="25"/> was matched instead of my expectation that only <c r="B4" s="25"/> should be matched. What can I do?

luweitest:

PSpad 4.5.6 2427
When replacing <c r=".+?"[^>]+?/> ,
<c r="A4" s="24" t="s"><v>17</v></c><c r="B4" s="25"/> was matched instead of my expectation that only <c r="B4" s="25"/> should be matched. What can I do?

I believe, it is an expected matching behaviour, I guess even the non-greedy quantifiers don't move the start of the match forward, if a valid match can be found. (The regex continues to match as early as possible and only the further extent of the match depends on greedeness.)

You could restrict the likely "attribute" pattern a bit ".+?"
i.e. like
<c r="[^>]+?"[^>]+?/>
<c r="[^>]+?"[^"]+?/>
if it suits your data.
Both of them match as you seem to prefer in this example.

hth,
vbr