BEGIN { print match ("hhhheeeo", /e+/); print RSTART, RLENGTH; print match ("heeeo", /e/); print RSTART, RLENGTH; print match ("heeeo", /t/); print RSTART, RLENGTH; print "--------------------------"; print match ("hhhheeeo", "e+"); print RSTART, RLENGTH; print match ("heeeo", "e"); print RSTART, RLENGTH; print match ("heeeo", "t"); print RSTART, RLENGTH; print "--------------------------"; }