From: Shajith C T <demerzel@...>
Date: 2007-07-06T15:06:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Regex: What does the ^ do? What is it called?

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Hello,

On 7/6/07, Al Cholic <desertfox@hot.ee> wrote:
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> Why do these two statements return nil and how does the "anchor" work
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> Can someone please clarify?
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In addition to the answers already given, maybe you should check out this
page:
http://www.regular-expressions.info/anchors.html

I've found the parent site is a pretty decent reference for regular
expressions in general.

Shajith

PS: Also note that the '^' character has a different meaning when used in a
character class.
Read about them here:
http://www.regular-expressions.info/charclass.html

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