Hi,

> I have some text here that I have placed in a string.  I want to be able
> to extract words between text of my choice.  For example in the
> string...
>
> $string = "Hello world In: crud all Your.";
>
> ($mytext) = $string =~ /In:(.*)Your/;
>
> The above works fine but how can I tell my regex to stop as soon as it
> finds these words.  For example if in the string...
>
> $string = "Hello world In: crud all Your. hello again In: crud aagin
> Your at the...";
>
> The regex above will go crazy?

To find the minimal pattern use:

($mytext) = $string =~ /In:(.*?)Your/;

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cu boris

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  -- Jean Paul

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