match(???My birthdate is 1972-05-07??™)); // true
trace(re.match(???My birthdate is 1972/05/07??™)); // true
trace(re.match(???My birthdate is 1972 05 07??™)); // true
trace(re.match(???My birthdate is 1972 May 07??™)); // false
}
}
Anchors
Anchors match positions instead of characters; for this reason they do not consume characters
(see Table 8 - 8 ).
Table 8-8
Syntax Description
^ (caret) Matches at the beginning of a string or after a newline. With the m option it matches
only the beginning of the string
$ (dollar) Matches the end of a string or after a newline. With the m option it matches only
the end of the string
\b Matches a word boundary. A word boundary can be the start or the end of a
sequence of \w characters.
The following pattern matches any string that begins with abc ; the rest of the string has no consequences
for the match.
class Main
{
public static function main()
{
var re = ~/^abc/;
trace(re.match(???abcdef??™)); // true
trace(re.match(???defabc??™)); // false
}
}
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