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+-------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
| Greedy quantifier | Lazy quantifier | Description |
+-------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
| * | *? | Star Quantifier: 0 or more |
| + | +? | Plus Quantifier: 1 or more |
| ? | ?? | Optional Quantifier: 0 or 1 |
| {n} | {n}? | Quantifier: exactly n |
| {n,} | {n,}? | Quantifier: n or more |
| {n,m} | {n,m}? | Quantifier: between n and m |
+-------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
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aj07mm commented Aug 14, 2018

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2301285/what-do-lazy-and-greedy-mean-in-the-context-of-regular-expressions

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