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what does /^[^ ]/ mean in perl?

what does /^[^ ]/ mean in perl?
Nov 4 '10 #1
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It is a regular expression which matches any non-space character at the beginning of a string.

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YAPE::Regex::Ex plain

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  1. use strict;
  2. use warnings;
  3.  
  4. use YAPE::Regex::Explain;
  5. print YAPE::Regex::Explain->new(qr/^[^ ]/)->explain();
  6.  
  7. __END__
  8.  
  9. The regular expression:
  10.  
  11. (?-imsx:^[^ ])
  12.  
  13. matches as follows:
  14.  
  15. NODE                     EXPLANATION
  16. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  17. (?-imsx:                 group, but do not capture (case-sensitive)
  18.                          (with ^ and $ matching normally) (with . not
  19.                          matching \n) (matching whitespace and #
  20.                          normally):
  21. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  22.   ^                        the beginning of the string
  23. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  24.   [^ ]                     any character except: ' '
  25. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  26. )                        end of grouping
  27. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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