LIVE TEMPLATE PROBLEM VARIABLES NEXT TO EACH OTHER

Please help me with this Live Template problem.

// template with variables next to each other

 enfType(nameClass_,0/*LINE*/,'$VAR$',$VAR$,$NS$$TP$,'$NS$.$TP$'$END$);

for VAR, I type "re"

for NS, I type "core"

for TP, I type "Regex"

I get the following:

    enfType(nameClass_,0/*LINE*/,'re',re,coreRegex,'coreRegex.Regex');

As you can see, the second occurrence of $NS$ is resolved as "coreRegex" when it should be "core".

I was expecting the following:

    enfType(nameClass_,0/*LINE*/,'re',re,coreRegex,'core.Regex');

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Thank you in advance for you help with this problem.  :-)