Escape characters in [regex] output?

Brian H.'s icon

Hi,
Can't seem to figure this one out. Why does it add a before the comma in the output? It's keeping [forward] from recognizing it...

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It looks like you should be able to do this with a different method, after all a comma just splits a message into two discrete events. Have a look at using [zl slice] instead: