>Gives me the same output image for these two different regexes: > ^[a-x]* yo$ > ^[a-x]+yo$ No, it does not. When you do (something)* , pay attention

>Gives me the same output image for these two different regexes: > ^[a-x]* yo$ > ^[a-x]+yo$ No, it does not. When you do (something)* , pay attention to the additional path that is created that circumvents the (something) box. With (something)+, there is no such path.