ah, can someone please explain why the hell only "trigger1" triggs in the code below..it's driving me insane..it's the exact same code for gods sake?!!

    my $title = q(the 2000);

    
    if ($title =~/^the ( *?)\d\d\d\d$/ig) {      
        print "\ntrigger1"              #PRINTS
    }
    
    if ($title =~/^the ( *?)\d\d\d\d$/ig) {     
        print "\ntrigger2"             #NO PRINT
    }
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TIA,
Tom