Bug 215670

Summary:	Regex comprising a single caret does not match the beginning of the line
Product:	[Eclipse Project] Platform	Reporter:	Peter Bain <pdbain>
Component:	Search	Assignee:	Platform-Search-Inbox <platform-search-inbox>
Status:	ASSIGNED ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	3.4
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
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Description Peter Bain

2008-01-17 11:17:08 EST

Build ID: M20070921-1145

Steps To Reproduce:
1. Open a file.  I used a makefile.
2. select edit->find/replace.
3. check the "regular expressions" checkbox.
4. Type a single caret (^) in the Find: box.
5. Click the "Find" button. Get "String not found", even though the file contains many lines.


More information:
The following pattern: "^." does succeed, but does not find blank lines.

Comment 1 Dani Megert

2008-01-17 12:20:16 EST

See also bug 68889.

Comment 2 Eclipse Webmaster

2019-09-06 16:13:14 EDT

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