Regex character "$" doesn't mean "end-of-string"

Re:Regex character "$" doesn't mean "end-of-string" by Dylan16807 on Friday March 22, 2024 @02:42AM (#39787973)

> which may or may not be what you expect

I find it hard to imagine any other expectation passing the rubber duck test.

"Oh, so you expected the match to always fail, no matter what the string was?"

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Re:Regex character "$" doesn't mean "end-of-string" by denzquix on Friday March 22, 2024 @07:40AM (#39789659)

Well, it's not a completely outlandish scenario that the value of `init` might come from a variable that is sometimes at the start of the string and sometimes not, and a newcomer might expect `^` to only match when it is.

Don't get me wrong, it's certainly far more useful as it is, I'm glad it works this way.

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