Re: "C-a" the first character in each line?

[Nikos Apostolakis]

Nikos Apostolakis <nikos.ap@gmail.com> writes:
> (while (search-forward-regexp "^\\(.\\)" nil t)
>   (replace-match "\% \1"))

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>
> What am I missing?
>

So I was missing a backwards slash (plues some sleep but that's
another story ...)

Many thanks to all that answered.  

Nikos