Re^3: Return string that starts and ends with specific characters

Thanks this is great! How would I get it to print only to the leftmost j?

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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]