i have a string similar to this one:
Hi, <<\name>> <<\surname>>, this is an example <<\test>>.
I what a regex that match and split this string in:
"Hi, "
<<\name>>
" "
<<\surname>>
", this is an example "
<<\test>>
"."
I tried this one: (<<\*.*?>>)|(>>*.*?<<), but doesn't work. It's possible?
Thanks.
You could use this expression (it uses positive lookaheads and positive lookbehinds):
<<.*?>>|(?<=>>|^).*?(?=<<|$)
it matches strings surrounded by << and >> symbols, strings which are between these symbols and strings from the begin to << and to the end from >>.
You could find a C# example on ideone.
use str_replace
$str =' Hi, <<\name>> <<\surname>>, this is an example <<\test>>.';
$old= array('<<','>>');
$new =array('"<<','>>"');
$str2=str_replace ($old,$new,$str);
//retruns Hi, "<<\name>>" "<<\surname>>", this is an example "<<\test>>".
