[MacPerl] A question to Matthais

[mark@cheers.jsc.nasa.gov (Mark Manning/Metrica)]

Hi!  :-)

I was wondering....

In Perl (or rather MacPerl), when Perl is performing a
search on a pattern does it go from the beginning of the
string to the end of the string or from the end to the
beginning?

The reason I ask is because when I implemented a search
routine some time back I found that back to front was
easier than front to back in search and replace functions.
So just curious.  :-)