The m modifier controls the behavior of the $ and ^ anchor metacharacters. : modifier « Regular Expression « Perl

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Perl » Regular Expression » modifier

The m modifier controls the behavior of the $ and ^ anchor metacharacters.


    



# Anchors and the m modifier



$_="\nTomorrow will never be here.\n";

print if /^Tomorrow/;    # Embedded newline



$_="\nTomorrow will never be here.\n";

print if /\ATomorrow/;   # Embedded newline



$_="\nTomorrow will never be here.\n";

print if /^Tomorrow/m;



$_="\nTomorrow will never be here.\n";

print if /\ATomorrow/m;



$_="\nTomorrow will never be here.\n";

print if /history\.$/m;

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