Anchors let you specify a very specific position within the search text.

^ Try to match the (following) regex at the beginning of the string.

    Example: "^ab" matches "ab" only at the beginning of a line and not, for example, in the line "cab".

$ Try to match the (following) regex at the end of the string.

< Try to match the regex at the start of a word.

The character class that defines a word can be found at the convenience escape sequences page.

> Try to match the regex at the end of a word.

\B Not a word boundary

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• Regular expressions
• Regular expressions 1. Special characters