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wickedxter
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Jan 31, 2013, 6:18 PM

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Re: [bobt_1234] Greedy expression doesn't work like I expect

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my $line = "/document/trial_date"; 
 
$line =~ /.+\/(.+)$/; 
 
print $1;

this worked for me.. regex's are greedy

(This post was edited by wickedxter on Jan 31, 2013, 6:22 PM)

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