Re: How do I match the closest of repeated strings?

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Something along these lines?

m{
  .*    # match as late as possible
  (
     ^abc$ # the abc
     .*?   # everything up to
     ^def$ # the def
  )
}smx
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Untested, and will be confused if there are mulitple def lines. In that case it helps to tokenize the input first (for example reading line by line)

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Re^2: How do I match the closest of repeated strings? by Anonymous Monk on Sep 29, 2008 at 09:27 UTC
Sorry for my reply to the response below. I did not have the initial .* to eliminate the first abc strings. I knew this was straightforward. Sometimes when you get a mental block about something, you just can't figure it out no matter how much you stare at it. Thanks to both of you.	[reply]

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