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Asked: May 28, 20262026-05-28T14:21:37+00:00 2026-05-28T14:21:37+00:00

For example: $ perl -pe ‘s/(.)\G/{$1}/g’ abcd and the result is: {}{a}{b}{c}{d} the first

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$ perl -pe 's/(.)\G/{$1}/g'
abcd

and the result is:

{}{a}{b}{c}{d}

the first period(.) match is zero length. Is this a bug or a feature?

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    2026-05-28T14:21:38+00:00Added an answer on May 28, 2026 at 2:21 pm

    For me the result is “abcd”, because /(.)\G/g can never match — how can it match a single character before the current position, starting at the current position? s/\G(.)/{$1}/g on “abcd” produces “{a}{b}{c}{d}”, which is expected.

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