Yes, I did test it.
my $TEXT= do { local $/; <DATA> }; $TEXT =~ /abc/g; $TEXT =~ s/\G(\D+)([\d\.\-]*)/$1GOVALUE/g; print $TEXT; __END__ Some 01.35 numbers 019999 not to 01.055555 replace abc(" 0.123511, 0.074997, 0.103143, 0.153955, 0.260586",\ " 0.068394, 0.082183, 0.110329, 0.16114 +2, 0.267773",\ " 0.081887, 0.095677, 0.123822, 0.17463 +5, 0.281266",\ " 0.111534, 0.125324, 0.153470, 0.20428 +2, 0.310914",\ " 0.165731, 0.179521, 0.207666, 0.25847 +9, 0.365110");
outputs:
Some 01.35 numbers 019999 not to 01.055555 replace abc(" GOVALUE, GOVALUE, GOVALUE, GOVALUE, GOVALUE",\ " GOVALUE, GOVALUE, GOVALUE, GOVALUE, +GOVALUE",\ " GOVALUE, GOVALUE, GOVALUE, GOVALUE, +GOVALUE",\ " GOVALUE, GOVALUE, GOVALUE, GOVALUE, +GOVALUE",\ " GOVALUE, GOVALUE, GOVALUE, GOVALUE, +GOVALUE"); GOVALUE
The final GOVALUE is because it matches an empty string.

Update: When I copy your code, I get a stealth trailing hyphen in the pattern space, and it fails to substitute.


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In reply to Re^4: Found a bug with Search and Replace command? (incremental) by Roy Johnson
in thread Found a bug with Search and Replace command? by EchoAngel

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