in reply to Re^2: How do I match the closest of repeated strings?
in thread How do I match the closest of repeated strings?

'xyz abc 123 abc pqr abc get this bit def ijk abc lmn' =~ /.*abc(.*?)d
+ef/sm;

print ">$1<";

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Prints:

> get this bit <

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which is what I understood you to want.

Update: Ah, I see it did do what you want. ;)

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