On Monday, 25 May 2015 at 11:20:46 UTC, novice2 wrote:
I cannot get the longest possibleit match longest for first group ([a-z]+)try ^([a-z]+?)(hula|ula)$
Namespace, novice2:Ah, I see. The problem was with the first group that was too greedy, not with the second. I was focusing on the latter. Thanks, this works now!