Re: how to remove characters before and after a search pattern in a string?

First GTT:

s/^.*?GTT.{3}//s
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Last GTT:

s/^.*GTT.{3}//s
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Every GTT:

s/^.*GTT.{3}//s
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Re^2: how to remove characters before and after a search pattern in a string? by jrsimmon (Hermit) on Mar 03, 2010 at 18:15 UTC
I don't see the difference bewteen Last GTT: `s/^.GTT.{3}//s` [download] and Every GTT:* `s/^.GTT.{3}//s` [download] . Shouldn't it have been `s/^.GTT.{3}$//s` [download] ? Also, won't the last one remove everything preceding the last occurrence of GTT (assuming it's followed by 3 somethings), and not just every occurrence of 'GTT' within the string?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: how to remove characters before and after a search pattern in a string? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 03, 2010 at 18:23 UTC
There isn't any difference. Deleting everything before every instance and deleting everything before the last instances gives the same result. No, adding `$` makes it so it will only match if GTT is three characters from the end of the string (or 4 if the last character is \n).	[reply] [d/l]