Re^2: One liner is returning unexpected "1" on the output and I do not understand the mechanism at play.

Run the substitution before printing the result.

...or use s///r

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Re^3: One liner is returning unexpected "1" on the output and I do not understand the mechanism at play. by Anonymous Monk on Oct 17, 2020 at 21:39 UTC
...or use s///r not what OP wants	[reply]
Re^4: One liner is returning unexpected "1" on the output and I do not understand the mechanism at play. by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 17, 2020 at 22:00 UTC
Yes it is. They asked to "print line with no leading space" instead of "1". This can be achieved by replacing `print s/^\s+//, ...; # This is printing 1` [download] with `print s/^\s+//r, ...;` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]