RE: Anchoring a RE in a string

[Doug Lewan]

I've found the /adequate/ solution.

(setq s (delete ?\n s))
(string-match "^\\s-+ABCD" s)

Still, is there no way of truly anchoring at the beginning of a string?

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> Behalf Of Doug Lewan
> Sent: Friday, 2012 June 08 14:49
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Anchoring a RE in a string
> 
> Currently I'm trying to check the /beginning/ of a multi-line string
> with a regular expression.
> The scenario looks like this:
> 
> (string-match "^\\s-+ABCD"
>               "qwer\n    zxcv\n    ABCD")
>                                             ^ Matches here.
> 
> I want it to fail because the beginning doesn't match.
> I hadn't expected the anchor (^) to match inside the string.
> 
> I can't be the only one to have wanted to do this.
> What's the right way.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> ,Douglas
> Douglas Lewan
> Shubert Ticketing
> (201) 489-8600 ext 224
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