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Answer:

".*?"

List of Reluctant Quantifiers

Regular Expression
String
Group 0
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4

Any quantifier can be made reluctant.

Reluctant Quantifiers
match the minumum number of X needed
QuantifierDescription
X?? zero or one X
X*? zero or more X
X+? one or more X
X{n}? exactly n X
X{n,}? n or more X
X{n,m}? n up to m X

For example, X{2,5}? will match between two and five X, but will try to match as few as possible

The expression X{2}? must match exactly two X and is equivalent to X{2}.


QUESTION 20:

Here is a string: XXXXXrats

What parts of the string match the capture group in the following expressions?