2009/11/23 Dave Tang <d.t...@imb.uq.edu.au>: > On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:39:09 +1000, Dermot <paik...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> 2009/11/23 Dave Tang <d.t...@imb.uq.edu.au>: >>> >>> On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:14:51 +1000, Shawn H Corey <shawnhco...@gmail.com> >>> >>> 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 . > > Thanks Dermot! I guess I should RTFM a bit more next time, before posting a > question. > > Lesson learnt :P
Lol, I only know because I asked the same question myself (on a different list) and got pretty much the same style answer. I wouldn't have found it on my own. Good luck, Dp. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
