Philip Potter <philip.g.pot...@gmail.com> writes: > You are quite correct - there is no practical difference in this situation. > > [nitpick: actually, if $/ has been set to something other than "\n", > $chosen may have a trailing "\n" character.]
I was asking, not suggesting one over the other. And was not offering an opinion on it.... don't now enough. >> Or do you mean its just better practice in general to use \A and \z, >> just in case. > > Perl Best Practices, among others, considers \A and \z to be better > style than ^ and $ because you are almost always matching on string Sounds sensible to me. Thanks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
