\B matches only if the pattern is contained in a word. : modifier « Regular Expression « Perl






  1. Perl
  2. Regular Expression
  3. modifier

\B matches only if the pattern is contained in a word.

    

/\Bdef/ matches abcdef, but not def. 
/def\B/ matches defghi,
/\Bdef\B/ matches cdefg or abcdefghi








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