diff --git a/docs/scarpet/Full.md b/docs/scarpet/Full.md
index 0c52ce0f..afcf91b9 100644
--- a/docs/scarpet/Full.md
+++ b/docs/scarpet/Full.md
@@ -383,7 +383,12 @@ TODO: add more information about l-value behaviour.
 ### `Matching Operator ~`
 
 This operator should be understood as 'matches', 'contains', 'is_in', or 'find me some stuff about something else. 
-For strings it matches the right operand as a regular expression to the left, returning the first match. 
+For strings it matches the right operand as a regular expression to the left, returning:
+ - `null` if there is no match
+ - matched phrase if no grouping is applied
+ - matched element if one group is applied
+ - list of matches if more than one grouping is applied
+ 
 This can be used to extract information from unparsed nbt's in a more convoluted way (use `get(...)` for 
 more appropriate way of doing it). For lists it checks if an element is in the list, and returns the 
 index of that element, or `null` if no such element was found, especially that the use of `first(...)` 
@@ -397,7 +402,14 @@ any extra arguments.
 <pre>
 l(1,2,3) ~ 2  => 1
 l(1,2,3) ~ 4  => null
+
+'foobar' ~ 'baz'  => null
 'foobar' ~ '.b'  => 'ob'
+'foobar' ~ '(.)b'  => 'o'
+'foobar' ~ '((.)b)'  => ['ob', 'o']
+'foobar' ~ '((.)(b))'  => ['ob', 'o', 'b']
+'foobar' ~ '(?:(.)(?:b))'  => 'o'
+
 player('*') ~ 'gnembon'  // null unless player gnembon is logged in (better to use player('gnembon') instead
 p ~ 'sneaking' // if p is an entity returns whether p is sneaking
 </pre>
diff --git a/docs/scarpet/language/Operators.md b/docs/scarpet/language/Operators.md
index c552a2fc..262f4cc2 100644
--- a/docs/scarpet/language/Operators.md
+++ b/docs/scarpet/language/Operators.md
@@ -59,7 +59,12 @@ TODO: add more information about l-value behaviour.
 ### `Matching Operator ~`
 
 This operator should be understood as 'matches', 'contains', 'is_in', or 'find me some stuff about something else. 
-For strings it matches the right operand as a regular expression to the left, returning the first match. 
+For strings it matches the right operand as a regular expression to the left, returning:
+ - `null` if there is no match
+ - matched phrase if no grouping is applied
+ - matched element if one group is applied
+ - list of matches if more than one grouping is applied
+ 
 This can be used to extract information from unparsed nbt's in a more convoluted way (use `get(...)` for 
 more appropriate way of doing it). For lists it checks if an element is in the list, and returns the 
 index of that element, or `null` if no such element was found, especially that the use of `first(...)` 
@@ -73,7 +78,14 @@ any extra arguments.
 <pre>
 l(1,2,3) ~ 2  => 1
 l(1,2,3) ~ 4  => null
+
+'foobar' ~ 'baz'  => null
 'foobar' ~ '.b'  => 'ob'
+'foobar' ~ '(.)b'  => 'o'
+'foobar' ~ '((.)b)'  => ['ob', 'o']
+'foobar' ~ '((.)(b))'  => ['ob', 'o', 'b']
+'foobar' ~ '(?:(.)(?:b))'  => 'o'
+
 player('*') ~ 'gnembon'  // null unless player gnembon is logged in (better to use player('gnembon') instead
 p ~ 'sneaking' // if p is an entity returns whether p is sneaking
 </pre>
diff --git a/src/main/java/carpet/mixins/PlayerInventory_scarpetEventMixin.java b/src/main/java/carpet/mixins/PlayerInventory_scarpetEventMixin.java
index ea60fa34..a0e6830a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/carpet/mixins/PlayerInventory_scarpetEventMixin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/carpet/mixins/PlayerInventory_scarpetEventMixin.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public abstract class PlayerInventory_scarpetEventMixin
         Item item = stack.getItem();
         int count = stack.getCount();
         boolean res = playerInventory.insertStack(-1, stack);
-        if (res)
+        if (count != stack.getCount()) // res returns false for larger item adding to a almost full ineventory
         {
             ItemStack diffStack = new ItemStack(item, count - stack.getCount());
             diffStack.setTag(stack.getTag());
diff --git a/src/main/java/carpet/script/value/Value.java b/src/main/java/carpet/script/value/Value.java
index 2e355da6..33876084 100644
--- a/src/main/java/carpet/script/value/Value.java
+++ b/src/main/java/carpet/script/value/Value.java
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
 import com.google.gson.JsonPrimitive;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.Tag;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
@@ -145,7 +147,16 @@ public abstract class Value implements Comparable<Value>, Cloneable
     {
         final Pattern p = Pattern.compile(value1.getString());
         final Matcher m = p.matcher(this.getString());
-        return m.find()?new StringValue(m.group()):Value.NULL;
+        if (!m.find()) return Value.NULL;
+        int gc = m.groupCount();
+        if (gc == 0) return new StringValue(m.group());
+        if (gc == 1) return new StringValue(m.group(1));
+        List<Value> groups = new ArrayList<>(gc);
+        for (int i = 1; i <= gc; i++)
+        {
+            groups.add(new StringValue(m.group(i)));
+        }
+        return ListValue.wrap(groups);
     }
     public int length()
     {