in reply to Re^2: \G and regexes
in thread \G and regexes

Because the \w\w\w part will match ACA and TGA will match TGA. The regexp does not specify the matching cannot start anywhere in the string, and that's what /G does.

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Re^4: \G and regexes
by choroba (Cardinal) on Apr 05, 2010 at 22:53 UTC
    I'm sorry, I haven't looked at the example again. The \w\w\w part does not match anything in the second case because of *.
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