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The "cheat sheet" in the right panel of Regular Express Checker still displays \< and \> for beginning and end of word. I believe that they do not work for most (if any) of the supported engines, and certainly not for my choice, Ruby.
ChatGPT says:
It is misleading to list those, and it would be helpful to list \b for "Word beginning/end".
ChatGPT says:
The sequences \< and \> as word-boundary anchors are not part of most modern regex standards—they come from a specific historical lineage and are only supported in certain engines.
It is misleading to list those, and it would be helpful to list \b for "Word beginning/end".