Re^6: Getting lines in a file between two patterns

in reply to Re^5: Getting lines in a file between two patterns
in thread Getting lines in a file between two patterns

Hi,

How can I get only the first/nth set of pattern matched lines.

INPUT __DATA__:

XXXX
YYYY
START
These are the first
set of lines
which are to be extracted
END
START
These are the second
set of lines
which are to be extracted
END
XXX
ZZZ
YYY
START
These are the third
set of lines
which are to be extracted
END
aasds
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OUTPUT:

These are the first
set of lines
which are to be extracted
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