Re^3: Must do regex range quantifier { } as a greedy

> won't match the edge case of aa

hmm ... works for me

  DB<24> say 'aa' =~ /aa(?!a)b{0,2}/; say "<$&>"
1
<aa>
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or did you mean something else?

Cheers Rolf
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Re^4: Must do regex range quantifier { } as a greedy by Corion (Patriarch) on Jan 17, 2022 at 10:17 UTC
Aaah - I got tripped up by my own test harness. Yes, once I use your regular expression, it works for me as well.	[reply]