I have a script as follows :
$str = "once upon a time
once upon a time";
@store = $str =~ m/(once)/g;
print @store ;
This outputs "onceonce"
How come regex is searching beyond newline. I thought the search will
stop after first once.
When I replace /g with /m, the output I get is "once", but I thought /m will
tell regex at multiple lines for match.
Also when I replace /g with /s, I still get output "once"
Can someone demystify this for me ?
Is my assumption that regex will stop after encountering first newline is
applicable only when dot* type of regex is used ?
Thanks,
Sharan
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