(1)
is a "greedy quantifier". It will match as much of the string as possible while still allowing the entire regex to match the string.
So the match starts from the "%" character and it matches as many characters as possible to reach the next ":" character. That is the reason the match goes beyond the first ":" character, and goes on till the second (and last) ":" character.
What you are looking for is a "non-greedy quantifier", which is formed by the usual quantifier appended by a "?". That will match as few characters as possible and stop at the first ":" after the "%" character.
Search for "non-greedy quantifier" in the official Perl regex tutorial : perlretut - perldoc.perl.org for a detailed review of this concept.
(2)
You don't need any of the braces
unless you want to store the matched string in special variable
and the part of the string between "%" and ":" in special variable
(3)
"%" and ":" are not special characters, so you don't have to escape them. To see a legitimate list of special characters, search for "metacharacters" in the Perl regex tutorial: perlretut - perldoc.perl.org
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