indices behaves differently when dealing with arrays vs strings

[kklingenberg]

Describe the bug

Not sure if it is a bug. The behaviour of indices differs when given arrays vs strings when the matches overlap.

To Reproduce

[0, 0, 0] | indices([0, 0]) == [0, 1]

vs.

"aaa" | indices("aa") == [0]

Expected behavior

Both cases should match, or if the difference is intented the string case should be documented.

Environment (please complete the following information):

• OS and Version: Ubuntu 22.04
• jq version 1.7

Additional context

Related issue in jaq: 01mf02/jaq#154

[itchyny]

Previously jq 1.6 worked like this but I think jq 1.7 works as expected (fixed by #2718).

[kklingenberg]

You're right, I accidentally used the previous version of jq when running the example :(

Sorry.