Regular Expression to extract src attribute from img tag

Question

I am trying to write a pattern for extracting the path for files found in img tags in HTML.

String string = "<img src=\"file:/C:/Documents and Settings/elundqvist/My Documents/My Pictures/import dialog step 1.JPG\" border=\"0\" />";

My Pattern:

src\\s*=\\s*\"(.+)\"

Problem is that my pattern will also include the 'border="0" part of the img tag.

What pattern would match the URI path for this file without including the 'border="0"?

Answer 1

Your pattern should be (unescaped):

src\s*=\s*"(.+?)"

The important part is the added question mark that matches the group as few times as possible