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

https://perldoc.perl.org/perlre#Quantifiers

{n,m}+ Match at least n but not more than m times and give nothing back

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Re^2: Must do regex range quantifier { } as a greedy by LanX (Saint) on Jan 17, 2022 at 12:05 UTC
The relevant part is rather By default, a quantified subpattern is "greedy", that is, it will match as many times as possible (given a particular starting location) while still allowing the rest of the pattern to match. If you want it to match the minimum number of times possible, follow the quantifier with a "?" Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]

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Re^2: Must do regex range quantifier { } as a greedy
by LanX (Saint) on Jan 17, 2022 at 12:05 UTC

By default, a quantified subpattern is "greedy", that is, it will match as many times as possible (given a particular starting location) while still allowing the rest of the pattern to match. If you want it to match the minimum number of times possible, follow the quantifier with a "?"

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