Hi,

can someone explain to me the following behaviour or confirm that it is a bug: 

use strict;

my $s = <<end;
hubba1
bubba
hubba2
end

print $s =~ /(hubba\d)/gm;

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The above code prints "hubba1hubba2" as expected.

But when I do this 

use strict;

my $s = <<end;
hubba1
bubba
hubba2
end

$s =~ /bubba/gm;

print $s =~ /(hubba\d)/gm;

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it only prints "hubba2", because (I assume) the second match only starts where the first match matched (ie pos is not reset).

When I do this: 

use strict;

my $s = <<end;
hubba1
bubba
hubba2
end

$s =~ /bubba/gm;
$s =~ /no match/gm;
print $s =~ /(hubba\d)/gm;

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I get the correct behaviour again - I assume that the unsuccessul match attempt resets pos here.

I am using 5.14.2 and my understanding is that the behaviour in the second case is a bug or is there something I don't understand?

Many thanks! Update:

Corrected the code-examples

In reply to Matching with /g: Is this a bug? by morgon

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