.net - Regex to match string up to two consecutive spaces -

.net - Regex to match string up to two consecutive spaces -

i'm using .net experiment regex's.

i'm struggling compose regex capture segment in string ends 2 spaces. example

this test start of next bit

how can capture first portion of above string this test, knowing 2 segments split 2 spaces (\s in regex world)?

i've tried stuff like:

this test[^\s{2}]

but that's getting me nowhere.

a more standard regex 1 have be:

this.*?(?=\s{2})

it matches character .*? until encounters first double \s (by way, \s doesn't mean 'space', means whitespace, including newlines, carriage returns, formfeeds, tabs).

or seek little different; match long single 'spaces':

this(?:\s\s+)*

then again, it's simpler split on double space.

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