Re^2: Regex Anchors confusion

Since \b matches in between a word character and a non-word character, / \b$/ can never match.

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Re^3: Regex Anchors confusion by merlyn (Sage) on May 18, 2005 at 15:30 UTC
Well, technically, \b matches between a word character, and the failure to match a word character (such as the edge of a string). I know you know that. This is for others that are following along at home. {grin} So, there are four pairs: word-word, word-nonword, edge-word, edge-nonword. \b matches the middle two of those, and \B matches the outer two of those. -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker Be sure to read my standard disclaimer if this is a reply.	[reply]
Re^4: Regex Anchors confusion by japhy (Canon) on May 18, 2005 at 16:02 UTC
You toe-keeper-on'er! Jeff `japhy` Pinyan, P.L., P.M., P.O.D, X.S.: Perl, regex, and `perl` hacker How can we ever be the sold short or the cheated, we who for every service have long ago been overpaid? ~~ Meister Eckhart	[reply]