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  1. s = '{any {possible} characters}{anything}'
  2. r1 = string.gsub(s, '{[^{}]*}$', '')
  3. print(r1)
  4.  
  5. r3 = string.gsub('{anything}{any {possible} characters}', '%b{}$', '')
  6. print(r3)
Success #stdin #stdout 0s 14112KB
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stdin 
Standard input is empty
stdout 
{any {possible} characters}
{anything}
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