C++ regex for overlapping matches
I have a string 'CCCC' and I want to match 'CCC' in it, with overlap. My code: ... std::string input_seq = "CCCC"; std::regex re("CCC"); std::sregex_iterator next(input_seq.begin(), input_seq.end(), re); std::sregex_iterator end; while (next != end) { std::smatch match = *next; std::cout << match.str() << "\t" << "\t" << match.position() << "\t" << "\n"; next++; } ... However this only returns CCC 0 and skips the CCC 1 solution, which is needed for me. I read about non-greedy '?' matching, but I could not make it work Your regex can be put into the capturing parentheses that can be wrapped