regex:- begin with 'abc' and end immidiately when find 'xyz'

Question

regex for begin where find 'abc' end where first find 'xyz'.

I can write:- var regex = /abc/ to match the exact abc.

I'm trying to read more. Any help is appreciated.

following tutorial

Answer 1

You can use this regex:

var regex = /\babc\b.*?\bxyz\b/;

\b is for word boundaries to make it match abc and xyz specifically not aabc or xyz123

Answer 2

The simplest way would be

/abc.*?xyz/

.*? means "Match any number of characters, as few as possible.