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Why () is required to enclose § when ? is used?


From: Peng Yu
Subject: Why () is required to enclose § when ? is used?
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2023 08:27:46 -0600

I have to enclose § with () when I use ?. Why is it so? Is it a bug? I
thought () is not required when ? is used with a single character?

$ awk -e '{ match($1, /§§?/, a); print a[1] }' <<< '§§a'

$ awk -e '{ match($1, /§(§)?/, a); print a[1] }' <<< '§§a'
§

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Regards,
Peng



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