Pattern question

[Bernd Eggink <monoped@...>]

Hi experts,

can anybody explain the following:

    s = "/one/two/three"
    print(s:match("/.-$"))   --> /one/two/three

Shouldn't the result be "/three"? To me it seems clear that "three" is 
the shortest character sequence between '/' and the end of the string.
This variant works as expected:

    print(s:match("/[^/]-$"))	--> /three

Regards,
Bernd

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