From: Victor Deryagin Date: 2010-11-21T15:10:06+09:00 Subject: Re: Problem regarding regular expression > puts( /[a-z 0-9]$/ =~ 'Well hello 123' ) # $ match from end = 13 > so as this one,why does * makes such a difference? Without * regexp may match only one char at the end of the string.