2009/11/23 Dave Tang <[email protected]>: > On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:14:51 +1000, Shawn H Corey <[email protected]> > > Hi Shawn et al., > > I am also intrigued by the \z anchor. I had a look at perldoc perlreref and > found > > \z Match absolute string end > > My question is what is the difference between \z and $? And when should I > use \z rather than $ ? From the same documentation: > > $ Matches at the end of the string (or line, if /m is used) >
>From perlre The \A and \Z are just like "^" and "$", except that they won't match multiple times when the /m modifier is used, while "^" and "$" will match at every internal line boundary. To match the actual end of the string and not ignore an optional trailing newline, use \z . HTH, Dp. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] http://learn.perl.org/
