[Regexp] Very slow patter matching

[Loty]

For some reason it takes forever to match - try it in the Test Applet.

No, it's not hanging - it will come back in 5-6 minutes with correct matches.

 

Here is my pattern  - <VAR>\s+\w+\s+\w+[\\"\s*\w*\\"]*[\s+default\s+\w+]*;

 

and here is some text I'm trying to match:

 

<VAR> int interval1 "Fast Time Span" default 12;
<VAR> int interval2 "Slow Time Span" default 26;
<VAR> int interval3 "Signal Time Span" default 9;
<VAR> int series "Series" default 1;

 

        DaySeries fast = MIndicator.calculate(prices, interval1, series);
        DaySeries slow = MIndicator.calculate(prices, interval2, series);
        DaySeries difference = fast.subtract(slow);
        DaySeries signal = MovingAverageIndicator.calculate(difference, interval3, 0);

 

        DaySeries data = "" DaySeries(1);
        Iterator itr = prices.iterator();
        while(itr.hasNext())
        {  
            Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry) itr.next();
            data.add(entry.getKey(), 0, slow.getValue(entry.getKey(), 0));
//            data.add(entry.getKey(), 1, fast.getValue(entry.getKey(), 0));
        }
       
        return data;

 

 

What am I doing wrong? Is my pattern out of wack?