Meanings
adjectivenongreedy (not comparable)
alternative non-greedy
- not comparablecomputingNot greedy.
In modern versions of Perl, you can force nongreedy, minimal matching by placing a question mark after any quantifier.
2000, Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, Jon Orwant, Programming Perl
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nongreedy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nongreedy
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“nongreedy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nongreedy. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nongreedy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nongreedy.
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