What Does the Caret Mean in RegEx? Caret Metacharacter in Regular Expressions

1 · freeCodeCamp.org · April 20, 2023, 7:38 p.m.
A caret (^) is one of the many symbols for creating patterns in regular expressions. A caret matches the start of a line or a particular string. But that’s not all there is to the caret (^) symbol. The caret symbol (^) is often referred to as an "anchor" because...