[Solved] regex matching curly braces in java inside very large html file [duplicate]

Question

Your regex is greedy; it will match everything up to the last } it can find.

Try this:

String re = "\\{\"chkin.*?\\}";

Adding the ? makes it reluctant, which matches as little as possible.

Accepted Answer

Your regex is greedy; it will match everything up to the last } it can find.

Try this:

String re = "\\{\"chkin.*?\\}";

Adding the ? makes it reluctant, which matches as little as possible.