Ah. The difference is that you're trying partial matches, as opposed to full matches from the specified patterns. edit: and by full match (since this seems to

Ah. The difference is that you're trying partial matches, as opposed to full matches from the specified patterns. edit: and by full match (since this seems to be the source of some confusion in another subthread), I explicitly mean anchored with your \A...\Z or whatever you want to use.