Alright regex masters... help...

[eluser]Brandon Dickson[/eluser]
I need to pull

C:\Documents and Settings\dicksonb\Desktop\ajax-loader.gif

from:

Code:

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and I've gotten

Code:

'/.*(\w:\\\[^\x3F]+).*/'

so far which gives me

Code:

C:\Documents and Settings\dicksonb\Desktop\ajax-loader.gif��I�.�.�\�.�.�\�.�.�\�.�.�\�.�.�\�.�.�\�D�o�c�u�m�e�n�t�s� �a�n�d� �S�e�t�t�i�n�g�s�\�d�i�c�k�s�o�n�b�\�D�e�s�k�t�o�p�\�a�j�a�x�-�l�o�a�d�e�r�.�g�i�f�*�C�:�\�D�o�c�u�m�e�n�t�s� �a�n�d� �S�e�t�t�i�n�g�s�\�d�i�c�k�s�o�n�b�\�D�e�s�k�t�o�p�`���#�� X�������nissa�����������°$}Bô#éJ‡¹‚Ò"N#U(EM•lÜ#±)�#AC#^°$}Bô#éJ‡¹‚Ò"N#U(EM•lÜ#±)�#AC#^����

I figured that [^\x3F]+ would match anything that's not \x3F ( the '?' ) one or more times, and as soon as it finds an \x3F it would close the group...

any ideas?

Thanks!
-Brandon

[eluser]Sean Murphy[/eluser]
This seems to do it. It requires a file extension though.

Code:

/[A-Z]:(?:(?:\\|/)[^<>:"/\\]+)+\.[\w]+/