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  1. fguillen created this gist Dec 12, 2011.
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    # By default ReGex will match the bigest occurrence:

    ruby-1.9.2-p180 > "_one_ two _three_".scan(/_(.+)_/)
    => [["one_ two _three"]]

    # But we can tell it to match all the smallest ones:

    ruby-1.9.2-p180 > "_one_ two _three_".scan(/_(.+?)_/)
    => [["one"], ["three"]]