4.6.5.7 - - [date]
If I do \A4 for the above string I can get 4,
but if I do \Adate, I could not get a match. I probably misread the regex docs. Anybody can help?
4.6.5.7 – – [date] If I do \A4 for the above string I can
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4.6.5.7 - - [date]
If I do \A4 for the above string I can get 4,
but if I do \Adate, I could not get a match. I probably misread the regex docs. Anybody can help?
If you need to be very specific and look for that particular string in square brackets, just use ‘\[date\]’.
If your query was more general, as the other posters have mentioned \A means ‘start of string’ rather than ‘start of word’.
(This is a good site to test out different regex commands with instant feedback: http://rubular.com/)