regex - Scala Regular Expression -

regex - Scala Regular Expression -

i having problem getting regular look right:

sample string looks this:

"li3001easdasfsaasfasdi5ei1409529297ei1409529597ed16:acl_dec_tag_listl15:default_case_11e18:avc_app_name_statsd29:generic search engine trafficd4:sizei5875e5:totali5ee16:odnoklassniki.rud4:sizei456e5:totali1ee7:unknownd4:sizei6391e5:totali2ee5:yahood4:sizei15673e5:totali1ee10:yahoo maild4:sizei5982e5:totali1e"

i want string grouped this:

(li<digit 1-4>e <string of varying length> i<single digit>e) (<string2 of varying length>)

this effort @ regex far: (li\d{1,}e.*i\de)(.*)

i first occurrence of li<digits 1-4>e well.

simple mistake. * greedy operator, meaning match much can , still allow remainder of regex match. utilize *? instead non-greedy match meaning "zero or more — preferably few possible".

(li\d{1,}e.*?i\de)(.*)

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