Regular Expression Mastery

Anchors

Beginning anchor ^

/^ab/

Attempt to match ^ fails unless cursor is before the first character of the string
absinthe

             START             |a b s i n t h e
             ^                 |a b s i n t h e       Yes!
             a                 |a b s i n t h e       Yes!
             b                 <a|b s i n t h e       Yes!
             END               <a b>s i n t h e       Yes!

By the way, I've been telling you a little fib up to now
It really looks like this:

             START             |a b s i n t h e
             ^                 |a b s i n t h e       Yes!
             ab                |a b s i n t h e       Yes!
             END               <a b>s i n t h e       Yes!