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> very true. noted. I always forget about the greedy factor
>
Quick diction-alert; Greediness is something entirely different - your
braino was mistaking "*" for "+"
An example of greedy vs. non-greedy matching:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
my $phrase = 'Anna would like a banana';
my ($greedy) = $phrase =~ /(.*)na/;
my ($nongreedy) = $phrase =~ /(.*?)na/;
print "Greedy: $greedy \nNongreedy: $nongreedy \n";
produces the output
Greedy: Anna would like a bana
Nongreedy: An
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