Matching at the Beginning and End

To match at the beginning of a string use the carat ^:

$vg="London";

if ($vg =~ m/^Lon/) {
print "vg Matches ";
}

$bh="Visit London";

if ($bh =~ m/^Lon/) {
print "bh Matches ";
}

Which Prints:
vg Matches


-The carat ^ says to match what follows (Lon) only if at the beginning of the string.
-Your variable $vg starts with Lon so it matches and prints.
-Your variable $bh doesn't start with Lon so it does not print.
-If you removed the carat from the second section, the match would occur because Lon is in the $bh string, just not at the beginning.


Copy and Paste Perl Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl

print "Content-type:text/html\n\n";

$vg="London";

if ($vg =~ m/^Lon/) {
print "vg Matches ";
}

$bh="Visit London";

if ($bh =~ m/^Lon/) {
print "bh Matches ";
}

exit;


Match at the END


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