On 10/23/21 19:02, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote:
On 10/23/21 18:03, Bruce Gray wrote:^ .*?Hi Bruce, I am not seeming the difference between ^ .*? and .*? `.*?` means to search to the first instance of the string. `^` means to start at the beginning. I do not see the difference.
I guess where the confusion is coming is is that when does regex NOT start reading at the beginning of the input data stream? Why does it need the ^