I think the circumflex ^ makes it start at the start of the string, and $ makes it start at the end, but otherwise I'm not sure.
Also, "/^\" wouldn't do anything, it's only "/^\ " that would do something, because the \ character "escapes" the space. "\ +" matches all spaces in the document.
Google doesn't really give much in the way of answers, either.
' ~ s/\s+$// ' - it doesn't really remove the trailing whitespace. any alternative to do the job?
kfimran 2 months ago in playlist Perl Tutorials
to the first question thats a regex that checks the first char in a string $ is the end
dosattack777 3 years ago
what does "/^\" do?
vonHypermiler 3 years ago
@vonHypermiler
I have the same question.
I think the circumflex ^ makes it start at the start of the string, and $ makes it start at the end, but otherwise I'm not sure.
Also, "/^\" wouldn't do anything, it's only "/^\ " that would do something, because the \ character "escapes" the space. "\ +" matches all spaces in the document.
Google doesn't really give much in the way of answers, either.
natewgl 1 month ago
Very Helpful!
hechnotechno 3 years ago