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How do I create a Regular expression pattern into non-greedy in Java?

The non-greedy regular expression constructs are similar to the greedy modifier with a question mark (?) immediately following the meta character.

For example, * (asterisk) meta character that matches zero or more is a greedy pattern while * (asterisk) followed with question mark *? matches same zero or more characters however it is non greedy.

See below are the examples of greedy construct and its equivalent non-greedy regular expression constructs in Java.

Constructgreedynon-greedy
zero or more* *?
one or more+ +?
zero or one? ??

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