Why does this code work, as in print out the expected sequence ABCD, but if I add a print line to "character" it stops working? This code works:

use strict;
use warnings;

use Parse::RecDescent;

my $grammar = q {
  
  start    :  character character character(s)
              {print "Found: ", $item[1], $item[2], join "", @{$item[3
+]}, "\n"; }

  character:  /\w/ 
};

my $parser = Parse::RecDescent->new($grammar);

defined $parser->start("ABCD") or die "didn't match";
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However, the following code does not work:

use strict;
use warnings;

use Parse::RecDescent;

my $grammar = q {
  
  start    :  character character character(s)
              {print "Found: ", $item[1], $item[2], join "", @{$item[3
+]}, "\n"; }

  character:  /\w/ {print "Character: $item[1]\n"}
};

my $parser = Parse::RecDescent->new($grammar);

defined $parser->start("ABCD") or die "didn't match";
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And by "not work" it prints out "1111" instead of the sequence:

Character: A
Character: B
Character: C
Character: D
Found: 1111
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I sure that I am misunderstanding how RecDescent works. Can someone enlighten me? I'm using WinXP, the latest ActiveState perl, the latest RecDescent. BTW, this is a minor issue. But what's up with "chatterbox"? Why not use IRC like everyone else?

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