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in thread Grabbing file prefixes with Reg Exp

Any reason for using the \A ... \z assertions instead of the commonplace ^ ... $ metachars? I believe that's the first I've seen those two used. More generally, is there a difference, outside of multiline-matching mode? 
   MeowChow                                   
               s aamecha.s a..a\u$&owag.print
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Re: Re: Re: Grabbing file prefixes with Reg Exp
by MrNobo1024 (Hermit) on May 13, 2001 at 21:47 UTC
    \z only matches at the end of the string, but $ can match before a newline at the end. Unless you're using multiline mode, \A and ^ are the same.
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