QRegExp not found

cfdev

Hi all,
I try to use QRegExp to find and replace text with this code:

    QString text = "FC<date:yyMM><index>";
	QRegExp expDate( "<date:(.*?)>" ); 
	pos = expDate.indexIn( text );
	if (pos > -1) {
		qDebug()<< "database::checkCodeExp" << expDate.cap(1) << " " <<  expDate.cap(2);
		text.replace(expDate,"DATE");
	}else{
		qDebug()<< "database::checkCodeExp notFound" << text << " regExp: "<< expDate.pattern();
	}

This expression "date:(.*?)" works with the tester php https://regex101.com/
What am I doing wrong ?

kshegunov

@cfdev said:
Isn't (.*?) the same as (.*)? It looks that way to me. If you're using Qt5 do consider using the replacement(s) for QRegExp - QRegularExpression which is perl compatible.

cfdev

not the same (.*?) and (.*) I tested on QT4 and QT5

Ok I found the solution with this regular expression:

QRegExp regex("\\<date(:(.*))?\\>");