Re^4: Simple regexp question

Test before contradicting someone.

print('*' =~ /^[*]$/ ? 'match' : 'no match', "\n");  # match
print(']' =~ /^[*]$/ ? 'match' : 'no match', "\n");  # no match
print(''  =~ /^[*]$/ ? 'match' : 'no match', "\n");  # no match
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Only \, ^ (depending on position), - (depending on position), ], the sequence [:...:] and the regexp delimiter are special in character classes.

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Re^5: Simple regexp question by SamCG (Hermit) on Mar 31, 2006 at 17:07 UTC
I'd add `perl -e "print (';' =~ /[];]/ ?'match':'nomatch');"` prints "match" the `]` is also depending on position update: fixed typo	[reply] [d/l] [select]