>>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>
>

I will not pretend I understand, but it does indeed work (for that test, at least).