Regex. Greedy and lazy quantifiers [duplicate]



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I have this string:



a = 'one\two\three.txt';


I want to get "three.txt". And this:



a.match(/\(.+?)$/)


Doesn't work. Why? How can I get "three.txt"?










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    Doesn't work. Why? Because it doesn't match.

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  • So, why don't you use split? 'one\two\three.txt'.split('\')

    – Foo
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  • Non-greedy match is still too greedy

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I have this string:



a = 'one\two\three.txt';


I want to get "three.txt". And this:



a.match(/\(.+?)$/)


Doesn't work. Why? How can I get "three.txt"?










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    Doesn't work. Why? Because it doesn't match.

    – Foo
    Nov 14 '18 at 5:01











  • So, why don't you use split? 'one\two\three.txt'.split('\')

    – Foo
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This question already has an answer here:



  • Non-greedy match is still too greedy

    2 answers



I have this string:



a = 'one\two\three.txt';


I want to get "three.txt". And this:



a.match(/\(.+?)$/)


Doesn't work. Why? How can I get "three.txt"?










share|improve this question















This question already has an answer here:



  • Non-greedy match is still too greedy

    2 answers



I have this string:



a = 'one\two\three.txt';


I want to get "three.txt". And this:



a.match(/\(.+?)$/)


Doesn't work. Why? How can I get "three.txt"?





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    Doesn't work. Why? Because it doesn't match.

    – Foo
    Nov 14 '18 at 5:01











  • So, why don't you use split? 'one\two\three.txt'.split('\')

    – Foo
    Nov 14 '18 at 5:04












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    Doesn't work. Why? Because it doesn't match.

    – Foo
    Nov 14 '18 at 5:01











  • So, why don't you use split? 'one\two\three.txt'.split('\')

    – Foo
    Nov 14 '18 at 5:04







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Doesn't work. Why? Because it doesn't match.

– Foo
Nov 14 '18 at 5:01





Doesn't work. Why? Because it doesn't match.

– Foo
Nov 14 '18 at 5:01













So, why don't you use split? 'one\two\three.txt'.split('\')

– Foo
Nov 14 '18 at 5:04





So, why don't you use split? 'one\two\three.txt'.split('\')

– Foo
Nov 14 '18 at 5:04












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You can use this regex: [w.]+?$

Details at regex101: https://regex101.com/r/n8HyiL/1

Or remove the ? it's still ok!






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    You can use this regex: [w.]+?$

    Details at regex101: https://regex101.com/r/n8HyiL/1

    Or remove the ? it's still ok!






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      You can use this regex: [w.]+?$

      Details at regex101: https://regex101.com/r/n8HyiL/1

      Or remove the ? it's still ok!






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        You can use this regex: [w.]+?$

        Details at regex101: https://regex101.com/r/n8HyiL/1

        Or remove the ? it's still ok!






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        You can use this regex: [w.]+?$

        Details at regex101: https://regex101.com/r/n8HyiL/1

        Or remove the ? it's still ok!







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