Regular Expression

[aspnetguy]

I need a regular expression that will give me the value of href in a <a> tag.This is what I have so far

(<.*?href=(\"|')?|(\"|')?>.*?</a>)

it works if the like is <a href="my url">Link</a> but fails if it is like this <a href="my url" id="mylink">Link</a>so if any other attribute comes after href it is not working and I can'r figure out how to make it work (I am not good at regular expressions).much appreciated.

[justsomeguy]

Try putting the s modifier on the end of the pattern. That will make it non-greedy, so it will match the minimum amount possible. I think you also need delimiters around the pattern:/(<.*?href=(\"|')?|(\"|')?>.*?</a>)/s

[aspnetguy]

I found this I think it is what I need href[ ]*=[ ]*('|\")([^\"'])*('|\")