> -----Original Message-----
> > So what is the special behavior of the ^ symbol when not at
>> the beginning of the string that occurs when it is not escaped?
>
> I think it retains its meaning as an assertion that it occurs
> at the beginning of the line, and so a pattern like "a^b"
> could never match anything.
... unless a or b are newlines and you are matching multi-line expressions,
when ^ and $ match before and after line breaks as well as beginning and end of
string.
S Ellison
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