>Hi everybody,
>
>We have the following code:
>
>

>public static Regex XMLRegex = new Regex(@"<(?<field>[^/>]+)>(?<data>.*)</\k<field>>", RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.Singleline);

>
>and then
>
>

>MatchCollection matches = XMLRegex.Matches(tcSQML);
>         foreach (Match m in matches)
>         {
>            if (!tDictionary.ContainsKey(m.Groups["field"].ToString()))
>               tDictionary.Add(m.Groups["field"].ToString(), m.Groups["data"].ToString().Trim());
>         }

>
>Unfortunately, we found a case where this pattern doesn't work, e.g.

>
>

><func>appendrecs</func><tcoperator>ADMIN</tcoperator>
><tcrecorddata>CHARGEDATE0001902/28/2019 00:00:00SALE_TEXT 00429<func>PaymentPlanCharge</func><orig_amount>125</orig_amount>SALESPOINT00006DANAIITRANSTYPE 000010</tcrecorddata>
><tcsalespoint>DANAII032001</tcsalespoint><tctablename>WW_SALES</tctablename>
>
>

>
>In other words, the tcRecordData contains SALE_TEXT which in turn contains some XML like text. We need to parse the above string properly into a few parameters, in particular, the FUNC parameter is supposed to be "AppendRecs" but with the code above it becomes a complex text ending with the last /func
>
>(I removed some of the non relevant info from the input string).
>
>Is there a way to solve this problem?
>
>Thanks a lot in advance.

You need to reduce the greed of the data group

public static Regex XMLRegex = new Regex(@"<(?<field>[^/>]+)>(?<data>.*?)</\k<field>>", RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.Singleline);

the result then becomes

<func>appendrecs</func>

<tcoperator>ADMIN</tcoperator>

<tcrecorddata>CHARGEDATE0001902/28/2019 00:00:00SALE_TEXT 00429<func>PaymentPlanCharge</func><orig_amount>125</orig_amount>SALESPOINT00006DANAIITRANSTYPE 000010</tcrecorddata>

<tcsalespoint>DANAII032001</tcsalespoint>

<tctablename>WW_SALES</tctablename>