Say i have 
$num = "423";
if i use if((\d\d)) {   };

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This will be a greedy match. How can i avoid it??
/\d\d/ or /\d{2}/ are not greedy matches; they can only match two consecutive digit characters, so by definition they already correspond with the minimum possible length for permissible matches.

Perhaps you misunderstand greediness. What exactly are you trying to achieve?

Update:

An example of a pattern where greediness causes the pattern not to match is:
   /(.*)(\d)/
In that example, the \d will never match because .* will already have consumed the input. To make it non-greedy use
  /(.*?)(\d)/

Update 2: Thanks ikegami, I seem to be really smoking some crack today. :-)

-David

In reply to Re: Is there any other way to avoid greedy matching by erroneousBollock
in thread Is there any other way to avoid greedy matching by krissmercedes

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