Re: Problem with setting substring match variables (%{1} etc.)

Arran Cudbard-Bell wrote:

Also gets very uggly when you multiple instances of a subcapture group e.g :

^(a|b){3}(.)$

So you have to write them out in full :

^(a|b)(a|b)(a|b)(.)^

Why? ^((a|b){3})(.)$ with input "aaax" %{1} => aaa %{2} => a %{3} => x Alan DeKok.