Регулярное выражение отдает не самое короткое совпадение

[Aplabs]

В тред призываются гугу регулярок. К сути:

Есть код:

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Вопрос:

Почему результатом работы регулярного выражения

href="http.*?\.pdf

отдает весь вышеуказанный код, а не конкретно самую короткую часть:

href="https://mymathfolder.com/uploads/1/2/9/3/129352853/wototusigujonad-girlfriend-application-form-jefudo.pdf

 

[orka13]

href="http[^\r\n\"]+\.pdf

 

[Aplabs]

href="http[^\r\n\"]+\.pdf

Спасибо, буду разбираться.

 

[Solus]

(?<=[^^]href=").*?\.pdf