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Is this clearer now? :)

Totally clear now - thanks Rolf for your explanation :)

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Re^5: Non-greedy substitution
by LanX (Saint) on Nov 22, 2024 at 15:31 UTC
    Since this is a recurring question, what helped the most? :)

    Cheers Rolf
    (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
    see Wikisyntax for the Monastery

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      Since this is a recurring question, what helped the most? :)

      This bit was the lightbulb 💡

      the regex-engine tries to find a solution step by step:

      • first it tries the first pattern, here "," = comma
      • then it matches "." = all as many times like quantified ( "*" or "*?" )
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