Ruby Regexp: \A, \z, ^ and $

string = "my dog is\n5 years old"

string[/\A\d+/] # match a sequence of digits at the start of the string
# => nil
string[/^\d+/] # match a sequence of digits at the start of a line
# => "5"

string[/\w+\z/] # match a sequence of characters at the ending of the string
# => "old"
string[/\w+$/] # match a sequence of characters at the ending of a line
# => "is"

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