Regular expressions 3. Anchors
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Anchors let you specify a very specific position within the search text.
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^ Try to match the (following) regex at the beginning of the string.
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Example: "^ab" matches "ab" only at the beginning of a line and not, for example, in the line "cab".
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$ Try to match the (following) regex at the end of the string.
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< Try to match the regex at the start of a word.
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The character class that defines a word can be found at the convenience escape sequences page.
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> Try to match the regex at the end of a word.
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\B Not a word boundary
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