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$string =~ s/(?<!Y)(?<!^)X//g;
my $rstr = reverse $string; $rstr =~ s/X(?!Y|\Z)//g; # note \Z, not $ $string = reverse $rstr;
# old: # $string =~ s/([^Y])X/$1/g; # new: $string =~ s/[^Y]\KX//;