Question

What is the difference between ^ and \A in Regular expressions?

Answer 1

^ - Matches the starting of the line. Effecting the multiline mode

Ex: ^Bob

Bob is good

Bob is Nice

-> if used this in character class working as a negate character.

[^abc] - matching anything except a,b,c

\A -  Matches the starting of the line. Not effecting the multiline mode.

Ex: \ABob - Bob is good.