From 1fa0fa7786f815cf2d11e9f6bfee615e85fcaefb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amey Joshi <amey589@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2017 00:19:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] #103 Add greedy vs lazy matching (#104)

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 [Test the regular expression](https://regex101.com/r/E88WE2/1)
 
+## 6. Greedy vs lazy matching
+By default regex will do greedy matching , means it will match as long as
+possible. we can use `?` to match in lazy way means as short as possible
+
+<pre>
+"/(.*at)/" => <a href="#learn-regex"><strong>The fat cat sat on the mat.</strong></a> </pre>
+
+
+[Test the regular expression](https://regex101.com/r/AyAdgJ/1)
+
+<pre>
+"/(.*?at)/" => <a href="#learn-regex"><strong>The fat</strong></a> cat sat on the mat. </pre>
+
+
+[Test the regular expression](https://regex101.com/r/AyAdgJ/2)
+
+
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