Re^2: Return string that starts and ends with specific characters

The previous one works not only with multiple 'f's but also with multiple 'j's, this one will always match up to the rightmost 'j'.

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Re^3: Return string that starts and ends with specific characters by Anonymous Monk on Jun 02, 2016 at 16:58 UTC
Yep. I was not sure what his actual requirements were, so I showed both.	[reply]
Re^3: Return string that starts and ends with specific characters by gilthoniel (Novice) on Jun 02, 2016 at 17:24 UTC
Thanks this is great! How would I get it to print only to the leftmost j?	[reply]
Re^4: Return string that starts and ends with specific characters by gilthoniel (Novice) on Jun 02, 2016 at 17:26 UTC
to clarify, I want it to start at any available "f", but end at only the first "j" after that "f". Thanks	[reply]
Re^5: Return string that starts and ends with specific characters by Anonymous Monk on Jun 02, 2016 at 17:34 UTC
`#!/usr/bin/perl # http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=1164776 use strict; use warnings; print "$1\n" while 'asdfgfhjkljjj' =~ /(?=(f.*?j))/g` [download]	[reply] [d/l]