Stop the regexp searching to first match

I have a text a char array axs = 'ACCtl_nEpmNEng_AXIS "Group sampling point for curves (engine speed)" 0x806B139C Epm_nEng Axis_Xs16 32767.50 EngN 4 -16384.00 16383.50 FORMAT "%8.2" EXTENDED_LIMITS -16384.00 16383.50 DEPOSIT ABSOLUTE' and I'm tryng to exctract some information using the command regexp(axs,' +(?<name>\w+) +"(?<description>[^"]*)" +\d+x(?<address>\w+) +(?<input>\w+) +(?<formula>\w+) +\d+(\.\d+)* +\w+ +(?<dimension>\d+)',"names"). The problem is it's returning an empty structure but if the input changes removing 'FORMAT "%8.2"' it gives me what I want:

name 'ACCtl_nEpmNEng_AXIS'

description 'Group sampling point for curves (engine speed)'

address '806B139C'

input 'Epm_nEng'

formula 'Axis_Xs16'

dimension '4'

How can I get the same result also with the original text?

Answer 1

[Rik]

You're requiring 1 or more spaces at the start of your char array. Therefore, no match actually exists. Removing that requirement (or changing '+' to '*') solves the problem:

axs = 'ACCtl_nEpmNEng_AXIS    "Group sampling point for curves (engine speed)"    0x806B139C    Epm_nEng    Axis_Xs16    32767.50    EngN    4    -16384.00    16383.50        FORMAT "%8.2"    EXTENDED_LIMITS -16384.00 16383.50    DEPOSIT ABSOLUTE';
regexp(axs,'(?<name>\w+) +"(?<description>[^"]*)" +\d+x(?<address>\w+) +(?<input>\w+) +(?<formula>\w+) +\d+(\.\d+)* +\w+ +(?<dimension>\d+)',"names")

ans = struct with fields:
           name: 'ACCtl_nEpmNEng_AXIS'
    description: 'Group sampling point for curves (engine speed)'
        address: '806B139C'
          input: 'Epm_nEng'
        formula: 'Axis_Xs16'
      dimension: '4'