You've bumped into the greedy part of .*. Try using the lazy quantifier *?

<(?i:user)>(?<result>.*?)</(?i:user)>

-Mike

>Im trying to parse the users from this string:
>
>

><user>Dan</user><user>Fred</user><user>Dave</user>
>I tried the expression:
>
><(?i:user)>(?<result>.*)</(?i:user)>
>
>but that gave the result:
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>Dan</user><user>Fred</user><user>Dave
>
>It picked if the first <user> and the last </user>.
>
>

>
>Anyone have any ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>Dan