【python cookbook】【字符串与文本】7.定义实现最短匹配的正则表达式

import re

# Sample text
text = 'Computer says "no." Phone says "yes."'

# (a) Regex that finds quoted strings - longest match
str_pat = re.compile(r'\"(.*)\"')
print(str_pat.findall(text))

# (b) Regex that finds quoted strings - shortest match
str_pat = re.compile(r'\"(.*?)\"')
print(str_pat.findall(text))

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>>> 
['no." Phone says "yes.']
['no.', 'yes.']
>>>