From: Brian Candler <b.candler@...>
Date: 2011-01-15T21:10:24+09:00
Subject: Re: regexp

Anurag Priyam wrote in post #975100:
>> * Regexp ^ and $ work match more than just start and end of string. For
>> example, /^abc$/ does not match only "abc" but also "rm -rf /*\nabc"
>
> Are you aware of the \A, and \Z regexp matchers - matches the start
> and end of a string while ^, and $ match before and after newline.

Actually, the correct answer is \A and \z if you want to match start and 
end of string.

Yes, the facility exists. But people may be tripped up by this, which is 
why I mention it.

Also, ruby // is like perl //m.
      ruby //m is like perl //s.

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