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in thread Regex problem - (non)greedy?

He clearly doesn't want the middle "cd" as that's his question.

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Re^7: Regex problem - (non)greedy?
by hdb (Monsignor) on Nov 14, 2013 at 14:47 UTC

    But he says the 'EF' would be a random text, so it could be 'cd' as well?

    And what about 'cd accd ghi'?

      But he says the 'EF' would be a random text, so it could be 'cd' as well?

      That makes no sense. cd is part of his pattern.

      And what about 'cd accd ghi'?

      Not sure, though it's just a question of using or not using \b.