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Re^5: Regex for matching n-fold repititions of arbitrary charactersby bv (Friar) |
| on Oct 08, 2009 at 20:21 UTC ( #800088=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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Because you are only capturing one character. m// in list context returns the list of captures, which in your case is the (.). The backreference is not captured.
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