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Re: correct syntax of subject variable?

2003-08-27 19:35:17
Kreemy wrote,

the CARAT means "The Start of a line marker"

Er, no.

First,
A carat is a measure of weight used for diamonds.
A caret -- Fuzzball got it right -- is the punctuation mark in question.

For the record,
A karat is a unit of purity of gold or gold alloys.
A carrot -- which is what Dragoncrest called the punctuation mark --
 is a vegetable, and rumor has it that so is Kreemy.

Second,
In grep or egrep or sed, a caret matches the start of a line. In procmail, it matches a newline (real or putative) in the search area. Usually we use it to match the newline at the start of a regexp that is anchored to the beginning of a line or to the beginning of a search area, so it ends up looking the same.

Jim Steinman wrote,

Though it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night I can see paradise
by the dashboard light.

and I agree fully.


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