Re: buggy regexp

And thanks, Robert, removing "+" helps alot, at least, for this input
string. But if I try a longer one, it still takes ages to match it.

Regards
Ilya


Pattern.matches("((<BR>)|([^<>]+))*", "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
<BR><Bx>")

What's wrong with the regular expression?

You nest "+" and "*" which can lead to bad backtracking (which you seem
to experience). If you wait long enough you'll see the result.


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