For a number such as 243210890000, the non greedy {1,5} grabs the least it can, the 9, correct? I do want the {1,5} to grab as many as it can, up to 5 digits, but I don't want it grabbing any of the trailing zeros. Examples of what I want:

Input     $1
28400300  84003
100       1

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As it stands, if the input is "10" the {1,5} grabs itself some zeros, and I want those zeros to go into the 0* (I don't want 'em captured).

I've rewritten the regex so that it matches "(zero to four digits, one non-zero digit) and then the 0*" but the issue got me curious to see if there was some way you could make the right-most greedy construct "beat out" one to its left.

In reply to Re^2: When greedy constructs do battle, can I choose the winner? by amarquis
in thread When greedy constructs do battle, can I choose the winner? by amarquis

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