As for mawk 1.3.4 20150503, echo bacaa | mawk '{print match($0,/(a*)*/), RLENGTH}' prints 2 1 whereas GNU Awk 4.0.1, echo bacaa | gawk '{print match($0,/(a*)*/), RLENGTH}' prints 1 0
As for mawk 1.3.4 20150503,
echo bacaa | mawk '{print match($0,/(a*)*/), RLENGTH}'
prints
2 1
whereas GNU Awk 4.0.1,
echo bacaa | gawk '{print match($0,/(a*)*/), RLENGTH}'
prints
1 0