Re: [FWP] japhy had a silly idea...

[merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)]

>>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Pinyan <jeffp@crusoe.net> writes:

>> Or even simpler:
>> 
>> $b = '\A$b\z';
>> 
>> The regex is /$b/.  It matches only '$b'. :)

Jeff> That fails.  It has to match '\A$b\z'.

No, the regex is "dollar b".  it matches "dollar b" and only "dollar
b".  It just happens to need a Perl variable called "$b" set to a
particular value. :)

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