Ruby Koans - Why are repetition operators called "greedy"

Asked Oct 27 '14 at 05:08

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Ran across this in the koans. about_regular_expressions.rb

# THINK ABOUT IT:
#
# We say that the repetition operators above are "greedy."
#
# Why?

When I plug "We say that the repetition operators above are "greedy." Why?" into stackoverflow I get zero results. That hasn't been the case for anything else I've plugged in from koans, figured this should be here for completeness. :)

edited Jan 23 '15 at 17:18

asked Oct 27 '14 at 05:08

nackjicholson

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Not specific to Ruby, the answer linked above also applies here. – Michael Kohl Oct 27 '14 at 05:12

Ruby Koans - Why are repetition operators called "greedy"

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