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    \$\begingroup\$ Also matches the string ".^" \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jan 14, 2014 at 4:57
  • \$\begingroup\$ @boothby: in which language does matches? in Python doesn't. re.findall(r'^.^', '.^', re.DEBUG) \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jan 14, 2014 at 8:39
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    \$\begingroup\$ +1 for using the manga operator (see stackoverflow.com/questions/3618340/…) \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jan 14, 2014 at 19:11
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    \$\begingroup\$ It's broken in Perl. This question really should have set some ground rules about language. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jan 14, 2014 at 19:28
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    \$\begingroup\$ Actually, “^” is only special if at the beginning of the string. Any “^” after anything else does not need to be escaped, so this answer is wrong. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Oct 20, 2014 at 12:54