The pattern of ^character-string matches with a similar character-string found at the beginning of the searched string. The following examples illustrate the matching of a pattern located at the beginning of the searched string.
|
Pattern |
Searched String |
Result |
|---|---|---|
|
^SALES |
BSALES |
No match |
|
^SALES |
SALESFIL |
Match |
|
^SALES |
JSALESFL |
No match |
|
^sales |
SALESFL |
No match |