Re: alternation option end of string

"Mark J. Reed" <[email protected]> Fri, 1 May 2026 18:39:11 -0400

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$

e.g. 'a(b|$)' will match an a that is either followed by a b or at the end
of the strings

^ matches the beginning

Mark J. Reed <[email protected]>

On Fri, May 1, 2026 at 18:32 Ray Andrews <[email protected]> wrote:

> I know how to do an alternation, but how do you make one of the choices
> 'nothing' meaning end of string?
>