DataMystic

I am trying to extract a relatively simple pattern out of each line in a file but come up with wierd results. I think I got lucky and made an expression that works but do not understand why it does not work in a simpler method. Both methods are below.

SAMPLE TEXT:
T01c.001 F001 S40
T02 C.002F002 S40
T03C.003F003 S40
T04 C.004 F004 S40
T05F005c.005 S40
T06 F006 c.006 S40

Perl pattern Search:
t\d+\D*.*c.(\d\d\d\d|\d\d\d|\d\d|\d)\D+.*.$
-or-
t\d+\D*.*c.(\d{1,4})\D+.*.$

Replaces with:
C.$1

Output (desired):
C.001
C.002
C.003
C.004
C.005
C.006


I dont understand why the S&R pattern below does not work.

Perl pattern Search:
t\d+\D*.*c.(\d+).*

Replaces with ("-" used to see and troubleshoot capture):
C.-$1-

Output (undesired):
C.-0-01 F001 S40
C.-0-02F002 S40
C.-0-03F003 S40
C.-0-04 F004 S40
C.-0-05 S40
C.-0-06 S40


Please explain why the capture is not getting the whole set of digits and why the end of the line is not dropping off.

Thanks so much!

Just use the pattern

c.(\d{1,4}?)

With the 'Extract' option on, and a replace pattern of

C.$1\r\n