Re^2: Regex to get everything before first /

the non-greedy modifier which I prefer to avoid

For what reason(s)?

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Re^3: Regex to get everything before first / by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 06, 2011 at 22:12 UTC
It fails poorly when there's a problem because the /`.?`/ in /`.?/`/ can match "`/`". It's only indirectly through co-operation with the rest of the pattern that it might be prevented from doing so. I prefer being more direct and explicitly prevent what should not be matched from matching.	[reply] [d/l] [select]