Regular Expressions

Match Anchors ("^")

• The symbol "^" is an anchor . It is a special character used to represent the beginning of the line.
• Example:
  

  $theVar = "This is a test.  Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeep";
  if ($theVar =~ /^[tT]his/) {
      (print "Match One\n");  # Would Match
  }
  if ($theVar =~ /^is a /) {
      (print "Match Two\n");  # Would Not Match
  }
  if ($theVar =~ / ^This/) {
      (print "Match Three\n");  # Would Not Match
  }