Regular Expression Quantifiers: Greedy, Lazy, Possessive

This video provides an explanation of how regular expression quantifiers work. It covers greedy, lazy and possessive quantifiers. Various examples and diagrams are provided. The explanations focus on considering a quantifier as a 'range' that specifies the minimum and maximum number of times a part of the regex should be repeated. A detailed explanation of the concept of backtracking is also provided. The visualizations of the regular expression engine were created using this tool: https://blog.robertelder.org/regular-expression-visualizer/ SOCIALS ---------------- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RobertElderSoftware?utm_source=yt&utm_medium=desc&utm_campaign=ytchannel&utm_content=YTMJ4E5qVkM Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@roberteldersoftware Linkedin: https://linkedin.com/company/robert-elder-software Blog: https://blog.robertelder.org/?utm_source=yt&utm_medium=desc&utm_campaign=ytchannel&utm_content=YTMJ4E5qVkM Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobertElderSoft Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/roberteldersoftware Github: https://github.com/RobertElderSoftware Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RobertElderSoftware Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/roberteldersoftware/ Merch: https://store.robertelder.org/?utm_source=yt&utm_medium=desc&utm_campaign=ytchannel&utm_content=YTMJ4E5qVkM