in reply to Can't figure out why capture group is not output by substitution regex

I'm not sure why I have to do that.

You have to do it because your second (inner) s/// resets the capture groups.

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Re^2: Can't figure out why capture group is not output by substitution regex
by nysus (Parson) on Aug 24, 2020 at 16:14 UTC

    Ah, of course. Thanks.

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