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Asked: June 8, 20262026-06-08T12:14:48+00:00 2026-06-08T12:14:48+00:00

I want to find the word sprintf in my code. What Perl regular expression

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I want to find the word sprintf in my code. What Perl regular expression should be used?
There are some lines which have text like sprintf_private, which I want to exclude, but need just sprintf.

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    2026-06-08T12:14:50+00:00Added an answer on June 8, 2026 at 12:14 pm

    You must use \b at the words’ border:

    /\bsprintf\b/
    
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