Rob Dixon schreef:
> Filip Jursik:
>> $text = "first first second third";
>> $text =~ /(first.*?third)/;
>> print $1;
>> gives me
>> "first first second third"
>> as a result instead of expected
>> "first second third"
>
> The regex engine will match one element at a time. Yours matches
> 'first', then as few characters as possible, then 'third'. Only if
> the entire match fails will it try finding 'first' in a different
> place. If you want your expression to match at the last 'first' then
> just chew up as many characters as possible before testing for it:
>
> my $text = "first first second third";
> $text =~ /.*(first.*?third)/;
> print $1;
Alternative:
/.*(first.*third)/
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