Matching REx "(?:(.)b|.)+" against "ac" 0 <> | 1:CURLYX[0] {1,32767}(15) 0 <> | 14: WHILEM[1/1](0) whilem: matched 0 out of 1..32767 0 <> | 3: BRANCH(11) 0 <> | 4: OPEN1(6) 0 <> | 6: REG_ANY(7) 1 | 7: CLOSE1(9)