[Tutor] Newbie - regex question

[Marc Tompkins]

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Hugo Arts <hugo.yoshi at gmail.com> wrote:

> To solve, we have the non-greedy patterns. They eat not as much
> possible, but as little as possible. To make a qualifier non-greedy,
> simply add an asterix at its end:
>
> r'<email>WORD1-.*?</email>'
>
> I would also like to offer one small correction: an asterisk may be greedy,
but Asterix is a cheerful, brave Gaul.


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