z2015/reg-greedy.md

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Difference between .*? and .* for regex

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eeAiiZooAuuZZeeeZZfff

A[^Z]*ZZ yields 1 match: AuuZZ
A.*?ZZ yields 1 match: AiiZooAuuZZ
A.*ZZ yields 1 match: AiiZooAuuZZeeeZZ

source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3075130/difference-between-and-for-regex

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