Re: regex finding longest string containing n of $c

Based on your description of the problem and sample results, it looks like you mean shortest, not longest. Otherwise the answers are more like

1 - .....x......
2 - .x.....x......
3 - .x.....x......x
4 - x.x.....x......x
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Re^2: regex finding longest string containing n of $c by xipho (Scribe) on Sep 01, 2005 at 03:58 UTC
Your right- my apologies, I am looking for shortest!	[reply]