my $str = "abc";
$str =~ m/.|$/g; # succeeds, and pos goes to 1
$str =~ m/.|$/g; # succeeds, and pos goes to 2
$str =~ m/.|$/g; # succeeds, and pos goes to 3
$str =~ m/.|$/g; # succeeds, and pos stays at 3 # Why does this behave differently than the next regex? pos($str) is 3 for both calls
$str =~ m/.|$/g; # fails and resets pos