http://regex101.com/r/aR5xM2 http://regex101.com/r/aR5xM2 I used this tester posted elsewhere in the thread, it seems like since the lazy components expand "as

http://regex101.com/r/aR5xM2 http://regex101.com/r/aR5xM2 I used this tester posted elsewhere in the thread, it seems like since the lazy components expand "as needed" to achieve a match, it will succeed on "abc1". EDIT: I wrapped it in a group for clarity.