On Fri 16-Feb-07 6:32am -0600, Bin Chen wrote:

> Suppose a line
>
>       MopqMopc
>
> ^.*M  match the line from beginning to the second M, but I want to match
> the beginning to the first M, how can I do it?

I see you already have good answers from Tim and Alexey.  To
avoid surprises when ignorecase and nosmartcase are set,
make sure the search is case sensitive with \C - such as:

    ^.{-}M\C
or
    ^[^M]*M\C
    
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Best regards,
Bill

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