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in reply to Re^7: Regex problem - (non)greedy?
in thread Regex problem - (non)greedy?

But he says the 'EF' would be a random text, so it could be 'cd' as well?

That makes no sense. cd is part of his pattern.

And what about 'cd accd ghi'?

Not sure, though it's just a question of using or not using \b.