Are you sure about that assumption? I seem to recall using regular expressions in Unix in text editing, and I'm sure that 'beginning of line' meant exactly that, and not 'beginning of text'. On the other hand, I do have to admit that by now I've pretty much forgotten just about everything I ever knew about Unix.

Alan

>>I say there are 4, and I think most normal humans would agree with me. For example, 'Regular' is at the beginning of a line.
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>>Not according to the Regular Expressions inner workings. There is only 1 line, and it begins with 'Welcome'.
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>Of course, the assumption is that your regular expression is in a single line, which is the way regular expressions are usually used.
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>I believe your suggestion is more accurate, in any case.