A greedy quantifier : Greedy « Regular Expression « Perl

1. Perl
2. Regular Expression
3. Greedy

A greedy quantifier

    

$string="this is a test. this is another test";

$string =~ s/is.*/is not/;
print "$string\n";

# Turning off greed
$string="this is a test. this is another test";
$string =~ s/is.*?/is not/;
print "$string\n";

   
    
    
    
  

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