Regular Expressions

Match Anchors ("$")

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

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