2 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index 22d642ee9..bf8ca1b29 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -188,11 +188,9 @@ static int get_address(const char *str, int *line, regex_t **regex)
                 } while (isdigit(my_str[idx]));
                 my_str[idx] = 0;
                 *line = atoi(my_str);
-                *regex = NULL;
         }
         else if (my_str[idx] == '$') {
                 *line = -1;
-                *regex = NULL;
                 idx++;
         }
         else if (my_str[idx] == '/') {
@@ -202,6 +200,7 @@ static int get_address(const char *str, int *line, regex_t **regex)
                 my_str[idx] = '\0';
                 *regex = (regex_t *)xmalloc(sizeof(regex_t));
                 xregcomp(*regex, my_str+1, REG_NEWLINE);
+                idx++; /* so it points to the next character after the last '/' */
         }
         else {
                 fprintf(stderr, "sed.c:get_address: no address found in string\n");
diff --git a/sed.c b/sed.c
index 22d642ee9..bf8ca1b29 100644
--- a/sed.c
+++ b/sed.c
@@ -188,11 +188,9 @@ static int get_address(const char *str, int *line, regex_t **regex)
                 } while (isdigit(my_str[idx]));
                 my_str[idx] = 0;
                 *line = atoi(my_str);
-                *regex = NULL;
         }
         else if (my_str[idx] == '$') {
                 *line = -1;
-                *regex = NULL;
                 idx++;
         }
         else if (my_str[idx] == '/') {
@@ -202,6 +200,7 @@ static int get_address(const char *str, int *line, regex_t **regex)
                 my_str[idx] = '\0';
                 *regex = (regex_t *)xmalloc(sizeof(regex_t));
                 xregcomp(*regex, my_str+1, REG_NEWLINE);
+                idx++; /* so it points to the next character after the last '/' */
         }
         else {
                 fprintf(stderr, "sed.c:get_address: no address found in string\n");